fluo pigs

Pigs may not be able to fly just yet, but at least three of them glow.

Taiwanese researchers said Friday they have bred the pigs, all of them males, with a fluorescent material in a move they hope will benefit the island's stem cell research effort.

The fluorescent pigs are green from inside out, including their hearts and internal organs, said Wu Shinn-Chih, assistant professor of animal science at the prestigious National Taiwan University.

“Only one in a hundred (injected embryos) will successfully be transgenic,” Wu said. “When the embryo grows and becomes a pig, the pig will be fluorescent that glows in the dark.”

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