Wow! Have you ever seen a pig glow fluorescent green? Well in Beijing, China a Chinese university reported that a pig was cloned whose genes were altered to make it glow. This pig passed down this trait to its offspring. The birth of the glowing piglets shows that transgenic pigs are fertile and able to pass on their offspring. Because of the birth of the pig that glows fluorescent green, this could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs.
Interesting Facts:
1) The piglets' mother was born with this trait.
2) The organs from genetically altered pigs would solve some of the conflicts of rejected organs in transplant operations.
3) If the organs from the pigs to humans, then presence of the green protein would allow genetically modified cells to be tracked.
Opinion:
In the future, I believe that using the organs from these pigs will improve the health and lives of the people in generations to come.
For more information:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22563650/
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