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To: marginmike who wrote (8918)	10/11/2001 10:47:32 AM
From: J.T.	Respond to of 19219

We have bubba (prison czar) his forever cellmate. LOL Best Regards, J.T.

To: marginmike who wrote (8918)	10/12/2001 6:41:13 PM
From: long-gone	Respond to of 19219

<<feed him only bacon, Ham, and bed him in pigskin.>> Yellow piglet NT-2 and its sibling Outcry Over Pinky And Yellowy Scientists have developed the first pig with a fluorescent yellow snout and trotters using jellyfish DNA. Researchers in the US say the work is a step towards growing animal organs for transplants - which could save thousands of human lives. But opponents have said the work is a freak show and a perversion of science. Glowed The piglets were cloned using the same nuclear transfer technique pioneered by the Scottish experts who created Dolly the sheep. Genetic material containing a fluorescent jellyfish gene was inserted into pig cells grown in a laboratory. Nuclei from these cells were then placed inside donor pig eggs whose own DNA had been removed. Five eggs were implanted into the womb of a surrogate mother pig which gave birth to a litter, labelled NT (nuclear transfer) one, two, three, four and five, in March. Four piglets had yellow snouts and hoofs which glowed when placed under an ultraviolet lamp. 'Perversion' Professor Randy Prather led the experiment at the University of Missouri in Columbia. He said it had important implications for xenotransplantation - the transfer of animal organs to humans. "It means it's possible to change the genetic make-up of the cells to prevent the body's rejection of transplanted organs," he said. But Dr Andre Menache, president of Doctors and Lawyers for Responsible Medicine, said: "I call it a perversion of science. We are still at square one with this research - the two major problems of organ rejection and the danger of transmitting animal viruses to the human population are not resolved." 'Manipulation' Becky Price, from Genewatch - which calls for limits to genetic research - said: "The fact is that people do this kind of stuff just to prove they can do it and show how clever they are. "There are animal welfare issues here as well as public health issues. We are a long, long way from understanding what side effects this kind of gene manipulation might have. You can't ask a pig how it feels." Last Modified: 13:34 UK, Friday October 12, 2001 skynews.co.uk