Glowin' for Science - Neatorama

Since Osamu Shimomura discovered Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) in jellyfish back in the 1960s (his work earned him the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry along with Martin Chalfie and Roger Tsien), the science of biology has never been the same. Since then, this incredibly useful tool (I even used it in my dissertation way back when) has found its way to transgenic pigs, dogs, and even cats.

NatGeo News has a nifty photo gallery of the various "glowing" animals - some of which crossed the line from science into commerce (the fluorescent GloFish). This one above is the GFP Rhesus Macaque Monkey, used to study Huntington's disease by researchers at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center in Atlanta.

Link - Thanks Marilyn!

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so, what is the reason for this? I wanna see some glowing kids.

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Let them do it for humans, and we'll have HULK(s)

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Y'know, I've heard all the arguments and have certainly reaped the benefits of this kind of research in my lifetime, but deliberately infecting other ANYTHINGS with toxins or diseases still makes me feel like crap.

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X-Calibre, in the author's defense, his next paragraph refers to them as arachnids.

Also I don't know if there is anything else behind him saying insects because he is not referring to modern day scorpions but an ancestor of them. Maybe they were technically classified as insects. I'm not sure though, google wasn't very helpful on this.

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If only we could engineer glowing after they're born. All sex offenders could be made to glow in the dark so they can't sneak up on you.

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I believe it is a wool lift tong for removing wool from the dying kettle.

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Craig Clayton.

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Hellraiser's head massager.

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Antique Blacksmith Forged Hearth Tongs.

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An ironically large steampunk hair-clip

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It's the first face hugger prototype. Man, they wasted three actresses before hitting on the idea that making it from unyielding metal might not be such a good idea after all... But hey, that's why now we have Sigourney Weaver, so be thankful for the little thingamajig!

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hay baling tongs

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The Amish designed, concept Wolverine Claws from the first X-Men movie.
Occam's Razor XL

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It is a tool for picking up and carrying hay bales.

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It's a rake for harvesting noodles from spaghetti trees.

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These are really large crab or lobster tongs.
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Galactus' Hors d'oeuvre fork?

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Manual lawn aerator

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A set of regular tongs for a person with six very small hands (three arms/hands on each side of their body).
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An eyeball removal tool form the early days of surgery...

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It is for toasting bread over a fire.
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I don't know what it is, but i expect it to be useful in case of a ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE...

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gopher/mole killer. shove the spikes in the ground to kill varmints in their tunnels.

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Edward Scissorhand's salad tongs
Winter is Coming.

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Harry Harlow's iron mother for insects. He was testing to see if insects are wired to need comfort more than food like monkeys were. "There's No Place Like 127.0.0.1" XL

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Ice tongs.

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Gov. Rick Perry's idea of what the vaginal probe will look for all those icky woman who have sex for fun and then want an abortion.

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I believe it is a giant spider killing instrument.

Addicted to Caffine
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A grass grooming implement of some sort. Used to style grasses for beauty pageants for spectacular grass growing competitions.

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Used to transport wood.

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It's a bread toaster for a fireplace

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Just for kicks, I don't want a prize, just to comment normally.

Lol, it's a pair of Shredder's claws, linked to fit in a suitcase!

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Tongs for an octopus blacksmith.

Trophy Husband.

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It's the paintbrush they used to create spiderman's logo.

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It's for the bayonet charge in an under-staffed infantry.

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It's the answer to your gopher problem.

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It's the only safe way to pick up a porcupine.

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It's the next thing to be banned by Congress.

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The skeletal remains of wolverine

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These are ancient wedding forks. The handles would have had ornately carved and bejeweled bone or ivory fittings. Way back in the "Game of Thrones" era, the bride and groom at a wedding would playfully try to take a bite from the same hunk of meat using forks like these. It was a way of showing the world that they were "in it together". It could often be a bloody affair and left many a nasty scar, but this is actually where the tradition of smashing cake into each others mouths got started.

Dawn of the Doctor - Black XL if I got this right please

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It's a flashback from my visit to the OBGYN, oh the horror!

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Dali Fork

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It's a device to pick up toilet seats in public restrooms.

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A soil aerator.

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Edward Scissorhands old prosthetic.

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Tongs for use on hops when making beer.

Girrebra, Ladies small, Black

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