Hidden Valley Blog

Here is a blog that I found on the Animal Planet website and thought that it would be interesting to share.

Can’t see your cat in the dark? Not for long.
via blogs.discovery.com

Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota have created three cats with a gene that makes their cells glow green when exposed to UV light. The researchers are hopeful that the fluorescent felines will speed development of strategies to prevent HIV/AIDS in humans as well as a similar disease that strikes cats. To create these glowing kitties, the scientists inserted a gene that protects cells against infection with the feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) into cat egg cells. Read More…