The cats in the images are indeed that such as fluorescent green Faber Castell It shone. Could people really have done this just for form?

It doesn’t seem impossible when you look at the kind of animals they’ve brought into the world by manipulating their genes, but… The incident with the fluorescent catsit is due to a reason you cannot imagine even if you think about it for forty years!

First, it’s helpful to look at “cat aids.”

FIV virus, which occurs in cats, It’s just specific to them. It is very similar to HIV in that it weakens the immune system by attacking it as a threat. For this reason it is also called “cat aids”.

cats just Because it can infect 2.5% to 4.4% of the population It is not as common as a FIP virus. It is usually transmitted by males defending their territory. “But what does all this have to do with phosphorescent cats?” You may think. We connect immediately.

What causes the fluorescent effect is a gene that also occurs in jellyfish.

The gene called GFP, also called green fluorescent protein, Ability to produce a protein that may provide resistance to AIDS owner. GFP found in jellyfish glows like fluorescence when viewed in light, making it easier to detect these cells under a microscope.

In cats, unlike primates, it has no antiviral function against FIV disease. TRIM5α gene It’s not available. To combat the virus, genes are therefore added from a species of monkey called the rhesus monkey.

It was investigated whether the FIV disease could be prevented by transferring genes to pregnant cats.

In the study conducted by teams from Japan and the US, the GFP gene was Added to cat eggs Newborn puppies were meant to be born with this gene.

The results were really promising. Some kittens from pregnant cats to which the gene was transferred were able to survive without having the virus and had symptoms all over their bodies. A protein was produced that resists the disease.

There may be hope for people too.

In short, the cats glowed thanks to the transferred GFP gene. The success of these studies on FIV, which work according to the same logic as AIDS in humans, carried out to protect people from the virus It increases the possibility that progress can be made for further studies.

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