Comments on: Green-glowing marmosets http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:22:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505345 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505345 Nice Marmot. Nice Marmot.

]]> By: RightReverendRex http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505349 RightReverendRex Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505349 I am hoping they find a way to integrate the "Clapperâ„¢" gene so you can turn the marmosets on and off without getting up from your lab. I am hoping they find a way to integrate the “Clapperâ„¢” gene so you can turn the marmosets on and off without getting up from your lab.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505363 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505363 6 POSTED BY ANONYMOUS, MAY 28, 2009 5:15 PM @3 Chimps don't possess the tongue control to be able to speak. Maybe they would if they got the right genetic mod. Maybe even just the brain changes from the genes the mouse got? 6 POSTED BY ANONYMOUS, MAY 28, 2009 5:15 PM

@3 Chimps don’t possess the tongue control to be able to speak.

Maybe they would if they got the right genetic mod. Maybe even just the brain changes from the genes the mouse got?

]]> By: Talia http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505374 Talia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505374 #11: hahahahahahahahahhahaha. Oh well PLAYED, sir! #11: hahahahahahahahahhahaha. Oh well PLAYED, sir!

]]> By: amused http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505380 amused Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505380 <blockquote>Saw a news article recently where scientists were able to put a human gene related to speech into a mouse ... </blockquote> Who then said: "Pinky, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Glowing green marmosets? Meh, tell me when they make glowing Raptors.

Saw a news article recently where scientists were able to put a human gene related to speech into a mouse …

Who then said: “Pinky, are you thinking what I’m thinking?”

Glowing green marmosets? Meh, tell me when they make glowing Raptors.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505389 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505389 Great...let's make it mandatory. Let all GMOs glow... Great…let’s make it mandatory. Let all GMOs glow…

]]> By: amused http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-506672 amused Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-506672 #26 - I remember the superintelligent Pinky episode, but now I'll have to keep an eye out for the other one. Thanks! #26 – I remember the superintelligent Pinky episode, but now I’ll have to keep an eye out for the other one. Thanks!

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505654 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505654 Chimpanzees? Uh- did you never see Planet Of The Apes? Is it a prophesy we want to fulfill?? Now zombies, sure! If they glowed in the dark they couldn't surprise us in the dark, and they'd be easy to recognize and pick off. Actually, it would be simple to do: when someone dies, they are enbalmed, then sprayed with glow-in-the-dark paint. Bango! Chimpanzees? Uh- did you never see Planet Of The Apes? Is it a prophesy we want to fulfill??

Now zombies, sure! If they glowed in the dark they couldn’t surprise us in the dark, and they’d be easy to recognize and pick off. Actually, it would be simple to do: when someone dies, they are enbalmed, then sprayed with glow-in-the-dark paint. Bango!

]]> By: dculberson http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505399 dculberson Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505399 Also, let's not forget - let's <i>not</i> forget, Dude - that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city - that ain't legal either. Also, let’s not forget – let’s not forget, Dude – that keeping wildlife, an amphibious rodent, for uh, domestic, you know, within the city – that ain’t legal either.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505665 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505665 I can't believe Boing Boing didn't mention that the father of the Kei and Kou was given the control number 666. No joke! http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/glowing-monkeys-make-more-glowing-monkeys-the-old-fashioned-way/ I can’t believe Boing Boing didn’t mention that the father of the Kei and Kou was given the control number 666. No joke!

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/05/glowing-monkeys-make-more-glowing-monkeys-the-old-fashioned-way/

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505450 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505450 Amphibious rodent? Amphibious rodent?

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505453 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505453 Oh wait- like a copybara- not necessarily an amphibian. Okay, Nevermind. Coppy, come here, boy! Wanna snuggle-wuggle? Oh wait- like a copybara- not necessarily an amphibian. Okay, Nevermind.
Coppy, come here, boy! Wanna snuggle-wuggle?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505455 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505455 # 10. Soooo funny! # 10. Soooo funny!

]]> By: Kieran O'Neill http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505475 Kieran O'Neill Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505475 "I for one welcome our transgenic, green-glowing, germline-potent simian overlords?" Or is that meme dead already? “I for one welcome our transgenic, green-glowing, germline-potent simian overlords?”

Or is that meme dead already?

]]> By: Scixual http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505746 Scixual Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505746 It's not easy to be a marmoset: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61R2KkatubY It’s not easy to be a marmoset:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61R2KkatubY

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505244 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505244 "that don't look like no golden marmoset to me!" “that don’t look like no golden marmoset to me!”

]]> By: jaytkay http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505253 jaytkay Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505253 I saw a video of Paris Hilton and I think she's carrying that gene. I saw a video of Paris Hilton and I think she’s carrying that gene.

]]> By: UncommonSense http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505256 UncommonSense Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505256 I think this is great. I hate it when those damn marmosets sneak up and surprise me in the dark. Also, you could attach one to your keyring, making it easier to find in the dark. I think this is great. I hate it when those damn marmosets sneak up and surprise me in the dark. Also, you could attach one to your keyring, making it easier to find in the dark.

]]> By: rebelrob http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505258 rebelrob Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505258 "...build green fluorescent protein (GFP) in their tissues." "The protein is so-called because it glows green in a process known as fluorescence. " Did they include the second sentence for those who skipped reading the first? “…build green fluorescent protein (GFP) in their tissues.”

“The protein is so-called because it glows green in a process known as fluorescence. ”

Did they include the second sentence for those who skipped reading the first?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505261 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505261 "the first that pass the genetic modification down to their offspring" Can't remember where I read it, but didn't some dogs do the same recently? @3 Chimps don't possess the tongue control to be able to speak. “the first that pass the genetic modification down to their offspring”

Can’t remember where I read it, but didn’t some dogs do the same recently?

@3 Chimps don’t possess the tongue control to be able to speak.

]]> By: BrotherPower http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505262 BrotherPower Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505262 That's some Ben 10 shit right there. That’s some Ben 10 shit right there.

]]> By: Tom Hale http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505263 Tom Hale Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505263 I heard about this on NPR the other day. I think the thing the scientists were most interested in was that the gene is passed on when the marmosets breed. I heard about this on NPR the other day. I think the thing the scientists were most interested in was that the gene is passed on when the marmosets breed.

]]> By: 13strong http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505529 13strong Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505529 I've heard on the news that this has proved "controversial" and that some people "object", but they never mention how, who or why. I mean, what are the objections beyond "It's stuff I don't understand and I think it's ICKY!"? I’ve heard on the news that this has proved “controversial” and that some people “object”, but they never mention how, who or why.

I mean, what are the objections beyond “It’s stuff I don’t understand and I think it’s ICKY!”?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505278 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505278 The story's right -- GFP glows green under *blue* light, not ultraviolet light. The difference is important because ultraviolet light of any serious intensity would be damaging and inhumane. The story’s right — GFP glows green under *blue* light, not ultraviolet light. The difference is important because ultraviolet light of any serious intensity would be damaging and inhumane.

]]> By: TroofSeeker http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505282 TroofSeeker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505282 @MartianTrailer: "Saw a news article recently where scientists were able to put a human gene related to speech into a mouse..." ...who turned to the scientist and said "Dude! This water is stale, and has poop in it, the food here is crap, could we get some fresh fruit? I'm constipated, my junk is itchy, there's nothing to do, can we get a chick in here? An exercise wheel? This cage stinks. Lemme out of here, you four-eyed squinty nerd! I got fleas from that jerk in the next cage that spends all night masterbating, and could you turn the lights out at night? I need a phone in here, an Ipod, lemme give you a list of CD's I need..." Celebrating their amazing success, the scientists mistakenly induced throat cancer into that specific specimen. @MartianTrailer: “Saw a news article recently where scientists were able to put a human gene related to speech into a mouse…”
…who turned to the scientist and said “Dude! This water is stale, and has poop in it, the food here is crap, could we get some fresh fruit? I’m constipated, my junk is itchy, there’s nothing to do, can we get a chick in here? An exercise wheel? This cage stinks. Lemme out of here, you four-eyed squinty nerd! I got fleas from that jerk in the next cage that spends all night masterbating, and could you turn the lights out at night? I need a phone in here, an Ipod, lemme give you a list of CD’s I need…”

Celebrating their amazing success, the scientists mistakenly induced throat cancer into that specific specimen.

]]> By: GuidoDavid http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505543 GuidoDavid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505543 I am very much for animal experimentation, but there are <i>very</i> good reasons for not experimenting with chimpanzees. They have self awareness, they can understand many things, they are very close to us in the continuum of sentience. I support the Great Ape Project (http://www.greatapeproject.org/), even if I am comfortable with experimentation with mice. In an ideal world, tissue culture and software would allow us to bypass this, but biology is tricky. I am very much for animal experimentation, but there are very good reasons for not experimenting with chimpanzees. They have self awareness, they can understand many things, they are very close to us in the continuum of sentience.

I support the Great Ape Project (http://www.greatapeproject.org/), even if I am comfortable with experimentation with mice. In an ideal world, tissue culture and software would allow us to bypass this, but biology is tricky.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505547 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505547 @3 & @6 The gene they put into mice you are talking about is called FOX3P It essentially is the gene that gives us fine motor control over our lips and tongue. With that extra control we get extra growth in the language centers of our brain. @3 & @6

The gene they put into mice you are talking about is called FOX3P

It essentially is the gene that gives us fine motor control over our lips and tongue. With that extra control we get extra growth in the language centers of our brain.

]]> By: RainyRat http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505556 RainyRat Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505556 #16 - Were you aware that there are only two instances where P&TB *were* pondering the same thing? Once when Pinky had been made temporarily superintelligent, and once when they were both pondering how unlikely it was that they were pondering the same thing... #16 – Were you aware that there are only two instances where P&TB *were* pondering the same thing? Once when Pinky had been made temporarily superintelligent, and once when they were both pondering how unlikely it was that they were pondering the same thing…

]]> By: Darren Garrison http://boingboing.net/2009/05/28/green-glowing-marmos.html#comment-505342 Darren Garrison Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-505342 Marmoset they'll be days like this. Marmoset they’ll be days like this.

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