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Glow-in-the-dark porkers!

As seen in daylight.

It's been done with mice. Now it's done with pigs. It's a huge step in genetics research considering the pig's genetic similarity to a human. They are transgenic, which was only a concept used for the fictional Dark Angel stories (IMDB) where the US government secretly develops transgenic human hybrids for military purposes.

While Dark Angel is a fictional tale of how government abuses ignore human rights, and how the general population sees transgenics as sub-human, the real world can gain great benefits from the work.

In daylight the researchers say the pigs' eyes, teeth and trotters look green. Their skin has a greenish tinge.

In the dark, shine a blue light on them and they glow torch-light bright.
The scientists will use the transgenic pigs to study human disease. Because the pig's genetic material is green, it is easy to spot.

So if, for instance, some of its stem cells are injected into another animal, scientists can track how they develop without the need for a biopsy or invasive test.

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