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The cure for AIDS may be glow in the dark cats. Or something like that.

If only we had known this decades earlier that all it took to cure AIDS were glow in the dark cats. Imagine the lives that could have been saved. Why didn’t we listen when they told us the cure was glow in the dark cats? WHY?

Hmm… reading article… not quite that simple… fuck. Here you go:

“The technique is called gamete-targeted lentiviral transgenesis — essentially, inserting genes into feline oocytes (eggs) before sperm fertilization. Succeeding with it for the first time in a carnivore, the team inserted a gene for a rhesus macaque restriction factor known to block cell infection by FIV, as well as a jellyfish gene for tracking purposes. The latter makes the offspring cats glow green.”

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  1. deadlycamille reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
    Eeeeeeeeee
  2. davewillshowyouthings reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
    This is cuter and scarier than hell.
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  7. ineverfailtorock reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
    This was on the local news today! :O
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