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Glow in the dark mice engineered in Iran

11/05/2009

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The glow in the dark animal trend presses on!!!

November 5th 2009
From Press TV

Iranian scientists have created green-glowing mice to demonstrate their expertise in sophisticated genetic-engineering techniques.

"Our main purpose of such experiments is to display the abilities of (our) genetic researchers, something that our country has successfully accomplished," the Director of Iran's Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research told Mehr news Monday.

"One of the activities that our researchers have conducted at the Royan Institute is producing green mice. In this project, a specific gene is inserted into the stem cells of a fetus," Dr. Hamid-Reza Tayyebi said.

"The gene has a characteristic that allows it to change colors to purple when exposed to light," he explained.

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