when will it be enough?

[Bandit72]

am i the only one that worries about where this kind of stuff will lead?

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16385433/

[Lostsheep_01]

Well, that's productive!  Just what everyone needs, a green glowing pig!

[Bandit72]

i'll be honest, it would be kinda cool to have one ... i wonder if they produce green glowing bacon?

[Lowprofile]

What do you expect from a godless, soulless, gov't. 

[Drache]

i'll be honest, it would be kinda cool to have one ... i wonder if they produce green glowing bacon?

first off I'm not sure anyone here but Silver would even try eating that bacon! Second, they did that with rats long ago and since pigs have organs close to humans, I guess they were the next step....

[Recharger]

Go ahead and make fun of it all you want, but that is the type of scientific advance that will eventually lead to the cures for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and whatever else you don't want to die from.  Scientists have been using fluorescence on a cellular level for years for molecular/genetic research, but it's only relatively recently that they've been able to artificially produce fluorescence in living organisms.  Seems silly in a worthless media soundbite, but it's serious progress.  To be overly simplistic about it, they can use the fluorescence to see how & where diseased cells spread, and therefore how to stop them.  I'm sure the peta whackjobs are all going ballistic over this, but I won't listen to a word they have to say until they voluntarily refuse any & all modern medical assistance.  Even then....

[bull]

I don't know if I believe it will directly lead to "the cures for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and whatever else you don't want to die from" but I think a better use of time would be to actually work directly on "the cures for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and whatever else you don't want to die from."

[bigroge1]

it would  be funny if a futureristic nazi took that formula and erased every color but the color white

[dkn1997]

I read in newsweek that the next thing they are planning is to genetically alter monkeys so they can actually fly out of your butt.

[Recharger]

I don't know if I believe it will directly lead to "the cures for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and whatever else you don't want to die from" but I think a better use of time would be to actually work directly on "the cures for cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and whatever else you don't want to die from."

Well, believe it.  How exactly would you suggest they "directly" work on those cures?  This is a step in the process of "directly" working on those cures.  I don't feel like getting too in-depth on how molecular & genetic research is performed, but being able produce flourescent markers via genetic expresssion is as fundamental to to the search for these cures as reading dash gauges is to diagnosing engine trouble.  That pig isn't gonna shit out a magic pill, but it's a step in the right direction. 

[Lostsheep_01]

So, what, exactly do you want to die from?

[Bandit72]

i just simply don't trust the government, never have never will....

[beedees]

The Incredible Pork,maybe?

[Plumcrazy]

So, what, exactly do you want to die from?

Old age   

[OldGuy]

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather - not screaming like the rest of the people in the car when he ran off the road!!

[Charger_Fan]

I want to die in my sleep like my grandfather - not screaming like the rest of the people in the car when he ran off the road!!

I love that one!