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Scientists Engineer Pigs That Glow in the Dark

With the goal of developing cheaper drugs for humans, Chinese scientists injected pig embryos with DNA from a jellyfish. 
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With the goal of developing cheaper drugs for humans, Chinese scientists injected pig embryos with DNA from a jellyfish. The result: the world’s first glow-in-the-dark pigs that emit a fluorescent green light.

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