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Uruguayan scientists using advances in gene Engineering managed to grow sheep that glow in the dark. In order to achieve this effect, scientists used genes Aequarea jellyfish that have been successfully introduced into the gene pool sheep. Thus, scientists were able to force the cells of sheep produce fluorescent protein that is given to animals the opportunity to become fireflies.
Fancy sheep were born last October in Uruguay Institute of Animal Reproduction. It is worth noting that when exposed The sheep’s ultraviolet light begins to glow green. On the this is where the incredible abilities of animals end. According to scientists, in the daytime they are no different from ordinary sheep. The head of the team of scientists Alejo Menchak notes that the luminous sheep were created in order to test the possibilities and calibrate scientific equipment. They used this protein, since green is easy to detect in animal tissues.
It is worth noting that the subjects are the first in the world luminous sheep, but not the first living creatures, whose genetic code has been modified. In the recent past scientists managed to create zebra fish glowing in the dark using all the same fluorescent protein jellyfish Aequarea. Genetically modified zebra fish were named GloFish and were endowed with other the proteins that allowed them to glow in the dark not only green, but also red, orange, yellow, blue and purple flowers. In the future, scientists will make other species shine animals, including cats, dogs, pigs, scorpions, worms, monkeys and mice. According to them, experiments with animal genes will help scientists determine the causes of the emergence and development of some diseases not only in animals, but also in people. Scientists from Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh during an interview The Guardian said experiments with glow in the dark cats will help to study HIV in more detail. Knowledge gained in future can be used to treat deadly diseases in people.
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