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Ruppy, the glow in the dark puppy

Update: Transgenic glowing monkeys that can pass on their glowing genes to their offspring have been created for the first time.

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Ruppy (short for “Ruby Puppy”) is the world’s first transgenic dog.

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A team of scientists led by Lee Byeong Chun at the Seoul National University in South Korea inserted a gene taken from fluorescent sea anemones into Ruppy’s DNA. When Ruppy is exposed to ultraviolet light the red fluorescent protein glows.

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