Jellyfish: Our Greatest Medical Discovery
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Did you know that scientists have found a way to make cats glow in the dark? Yes! How? Thanks to the ever reliable jellyfish. Scientists have found a way to inject jellyfish genes into the cat’s body and make it produce fluorescent proteins.
The question is why. Why would they inject the said proteins into the body of the cat? The answer is simple. This is to help them find a cure for feline immunodeficiency virus. It is the feline version of HIV in humans.
According to research, if the scientists are successful in finding a cure for FIV, they may be able to applying the solutions to find a cure for Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus in Humans as well.
The main goal of the researchers was to use the cats as substitutes for human subjects. This is part of the longstanding research about the Human Immunodeficiency Virus as well as the Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus. They were trying to find a cure for AIDS.
At first, injecting DNA and cloning cat embryos have been unsuccessful. However, some Japanese experts from the Mayo Clinic were able to inject Lentivirus (HIV, FIV and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus) state that they had novel genes into the unfertilized cat eggs.
Because of this, the subjects had a peculiar side effect. As you guessed it, the bodies of the subject cats ended up glowing in the dark. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before glow in the dark cats would become a natural part of the ecological system.
However, let us hope that these efforts of the medical experts succeed so that they may be able to find a cure not only for Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome but for other diseases that has been plaguing mankind as well.
This is more likely to happen because as we all know the numbers of jellyfish have been rapidly increasing all throughout these years. Perhaps they could find a way to utilize the presence of jellyfish to benefit the human race more in the coming years.
Using jellyfish to find a cure for AIDS is only one way of making good usage of data that has been accumulated through many years of study. The studies can also be used to find out how to adapt our environment to their presence.
Because of this, we will not only be able to use them to our advantage, we can also discover their weakness. It is believed that we have yet to learn much about the true nature of jellyfish. This is why the rampant presence of jellyfish should be taken as a great opportunity to have a wealthy source of knowledge about these animals.
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Jellyfish are truly splendid and mysterious in nature. There have been many studies regarding jellyfish for all domains, including medical purposes, like how they can be used to treat diseases such as HIV and AIDS.
Jellyfish as a Cure for Aids
Did you know that scientists have found a way to make cats glow in the dark? Yes! How? Thanks to the ever reliable jellyfish. Scientists have found a way to inject jellyfish genes into the cat’s body and make it produce fluorescent proteins.
The question is why. Why would they inject the said proteins into the body of the cat? The answer is simple. This is to help them find a cure for feline immunodeficiency virus. It is the feline version of HIV in humans.
According to research, if the scientists are successful in finding a cure for FIV, they may be able to applying the solutions to find a cure for Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus in Humans as well.
The Goal
The main goal of the researchers was to use the cats as substitutes for human subjects. This is part of the longstanding research about the Human Immunodeficiency Virus as well as the Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus. They were trying to find a cure for AIDS.
The Process
At first, injecting DNA and cloning cat embryos have been unsuccessful. However, some Japanese experts from the Mayo Clinic were able to inject Lentivirus (HIV, FIV and Simian Immunodeficiency Virus) state that they had novel genes into the unfertilized cat eggs.
Because of this, the subjects had a peculiar side effect. As you guessed it, the bodies of the subject cats ended up glowing in the dark. If this continues, it will only be a matter of time before glow in the dark cats would become a natural part of the ecological system.
However, let us hope that these efforts of the medical experts succeed so that they may be able to find a cure not only for Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome but for other diseases that has been plaguing mankind as well.
This is more likely to happen because as we all know the numbers of jellyfish have been rapidly increasing all throughout these years. Perhaps they could find a way to utilize the presence of jellyfish to benefit the human race more in the coming years.
Additional Details
Using jellyfish to find a cure for AIDS is only one way of making good usage of data that has been accumulated through many years of study. The studies can also be used to find out how to adapt our environment to their presence.
Because of this, we will not only be able to use them to our advantage, we can also discover their weakness. It is believed that we have yet to learn much about the true nature of jellyfish. This is why the rampant presence of jellyfish should be taken as a great opportunity to have a wealthy source of knowledge about these animals.
Read more Jellyfish News
Learn more about Jellyfish, different Jellyfish Species, general Jellyfish Information, Jellyfish Pets and Jellyfish Safety