Saturday, June 13, 2015

Nature's Machines

No Way this is Darwin's Idea of evolution!

French scientists spliced jellyfish protein into a white rabbit's genome in 2000, and it glowed when it was under a black light. This would have been Groovy back in the 1970's with all the black light's and mind altering.

In 2000, french scientists spliced crystal jellyfish protein into a white rabbit's genome. Animal rights groups were quick to protest any further experimentation with jellyfish protein in animals. I absolutely AGREE!  However, the crystal jellyfish, AEQUOREA VICTORIA< was originally used to help study diseases like cancer an Alzheimer's. The jellyfish's green fluorescent protein was used to illuminate invisible processes that were once unable to be studied within a cell. This enlightening discovery won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. While the name might imply the opposite, jellyfish are not a type of fish but are invertebrate, cousins of sea anemones and Coral.
Nomura jellyfish can grow up to 450 pounds and seven feet in length. That's ALOT of protein to play with.

Groovy Ahe?

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