Japanese researchers have reported in Nature that they have successfully inserted the gene for green flourescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria into primates. Previous teams in the US have been successful in inserting genes into primates, but this is the first report of a genetic change in primates that is Read more…
Scientists in South Korea have produced cloned beagles that fluoresce red by infecting dog fibroblasts with a retrovirus that inserted the fluorescent gene from sea anemones. The fibroblast was then implanted into a dog egg that had its nucleus removed, and was subsequently implanted into a surrogate mother dog. Beyond Read more…
Whatever you’re doing now, stop. Click here. Spend the remainder of your evening exploring the remarkable features found on Cold Spring Harbor’s Genes to Cognition Online: The 3-D interactive, rotating brain is a must-see for neuroscience faculty. I plan to use this in class to demonstrate neuroanatomy. Animations include reading Read more…