So they can see what they're eating in the dark, that's why.

[knightni]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090429/ap_on_...29yZWFuZXhwZXI-

[BearSox]

I don't like this one bit, but I'll save it for the filibuster.

[Kyyle23]

Lee was a key aide to disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk, whose breakthroughs on stem cell research were found to have been made using faked data. Independent tests, however, later proved the team's dog cloning was genuine

 

Somebody better check the puppies stomachs for remote control lights

[FlaSoxxJim]

"What's significant in this work is not the dogs expressing red colors but that we planted genes into them," Lee told The Associated Press on Tuesday.

 

The point is that fluorescence is obvious tangible proof that the chimeric gene was successfully inserted and is coding for protein products in the animals. Critical initial work prior to using animals like this for the Parkinson's research noted in the article and scads of other work to follow.

 

Good stuff.