-Caveat Lector-
Bob,
Will WE glow in the dark if we eat them? Will we only glow if we need
water? Can us use our glow for a night light or reading in bed? I think
this poses more questions than it answers.
Amelia
----- Original Message -----
From: Tatman, Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] Skeptic News - Tuesday #1
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Wow. We have green fluorescent monkeys, and now fluorescent
potatoes...will
> the fluorescing carry over to the tuber? Will we be able to feed our
> fluorescent monkeys fluorescent potatoes? How about glow-in-the-dark
french
> fries? luminescent potato chips? The possibilities are endless...
>
> >># Fluorescent GM potatoes say 'water me'. (BBC) A potato
> genetically-modif-
> ied with jellyfish genes which glows when it needs watering is created
by
> Edinburgh scientists. The team believes the genetically-modified (GM)
> plant will prevent overwatering at time when the world's water resources
> are being more & more heavily used. And they're easy to pick in the
dark.
>
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/specials/sheffield_99/newsid_44600
> 0/446837.stm
>
> : Would you like to be gene-engineered so that you glow when you need
food,
> water, sleep, sex, drugs, punishment? Should we be color-coded? Is you
> blue?<<
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