kappadoku
Member
I know i havnt posted in forever. But i thought this community would find this intereting...
http://www.msnbc.com/news/946498.asp
http://www.msnbc.com/news/946498.asp
Interesting article...
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fishman830
Active Member
thats awesome.. lol
fishman830
Active Member
where do i get these?
nm reef
Active Member
That topic has been in the news for a few months now. Somebody posted a article like that one a while back. I just don't see the reason to genectically alter life forms...just doesn't seem right to me. Especially when it is being done only for profit...any thing for a buck and to hell with responsibility.
I did hear recently that the folks behind this adventure may be in for some legal problems and that the majority of these altered fish are being removed from the market. They are reported to be sterile but there is concern about them becoming invasive to natural environments and causing god knows what kind of damage to eco-systems.
Intersting article though...I just don't like the idea of altering species just cause they can and just cause it'll generate profits.
nmreef@cox.net
I did hear recently that the folks behind this adventure may be in for some legal problems and that the majority of these altered fish are being removed from the market. They are reported to be sterile but there is concern about them becoming invasive to natural environments and causing god knows what kind of damage to eco-systems.
Intersting article though...I just don't like the idea of altering species just cause they can and just cause it'll generate profits.
nmreef@cox.net
terminus est
Member
What total BS. People belive this crap? Took 3 million to develop these fish... please. The scientist that developed these fish did so as a mistake. His original goal was to develop the fish so just the hearts would glow for medical research. Accidently they did it and the whole thing glowed, the scientist himself thought it was neat but had no intention of marketing them.
The biggest problem they have is sterilizing them, they are only about 98% successful at this which by the companies own words is good enough.
Unless they make Blue clowns and lions I am definately not interested.
The biggest problem they have is sterilizing them, they are only about 98% successful at this which by the companies own words is good enough.
Unless they make Blue clowns and lions I am definately not interested.
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daniel411
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Last I heard it was the pet shops themselves who carried them who are facing legal problems. The gov't, environmentalist, etc., even me.... would worry about the fish being sterile and such.
steven the fish
Member
I think that i heard something about scientist doing the
same thing to lab mice.
same thing to lab mice.
uthscsa19
Member
We use eGFP in our lab. Its cloned into Multiple Myeloma cells that enables us to view invivo real-time growth of tumors. It is a relatively new teqnique that will allow for rapid testing of novel anit-cancer drugs.
Word of caution: You need an exitation light of 490-510nm in order to exite the GFP. Depending on the amount of fluorescence you may also need a emission filter in the 500-520nm range. That is what we need and use in our lab. Without the exitation and (unless they are very fluorescent) emission filters, it will be impossible to see them.
Word of caution: You need an exitation light of 490-510nm in order to exite the GFP. Depending on the amount of fluorescence you may also need a emission filter in the 500-520nm range. That is what we need and use in our lab. Without the exitation and (unless they are very fluorescent) emission filters, it will be impossible to see them.