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Article: Researchers manipulate genes to create a rabbit that glows.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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- October 16, 2000
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Someday soon, you might come home to a fluorescent pet.
The latest move in the continuing push to own a distinctive pet comes to us from Chicago, by way of France. Eduardo Kac, an assistant professor at the Chicago School of Art Institute, has managed to annoy both scientists and animal-rights activists with his latest creation: a living, breathing rabbit genetically engineered to glow.
What follows is exceedingly silly, but it gets serious eventually.
The story began a few years ago, when Kac became interested in using genetic materials to make art. He started out with theoretical projects, including designing an imaginary gene with DNA ...