http://dsc.discovery.com/news/afp/20060109/greenpig_ani.html?dcitc=w01-101-ae-0000

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http://tinyurl.com/99cqr

Green Glow-In-Dark Pigs Created

Jan. 12, 2006 — Scientists in Taiwan have successfully bred three pigs 
which glow fluorescent green in the dark, marking a potential 
breakthrough for stem cell research, a professor said Thursday.

The team from Taiwan, where the world's first genetically engineered 
fluorescent fish were created in 2003, injected a protein extracted from 
jellyfish into the nucleus of cells in a pig embryo to breed three male 
transgenic pigs, said Wu Shinn-Chih, of National Taiwan University's 
Institute and Department of Animal Science and Technology.

It was hoped that the pigs would eventually enable researchers to trace 
the development of tissues when stem cells are used to repair damaged 
organs, Wu said.

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