Wednesday, January 9, 2008

disco organs

Do you want a liver transplant?
Will the organ come from a flourescent glowing Chinese pig?
I'm sorry, no.
Then I don't want it.

Oh wait! ... in the news today: A cloned pig whose genes were altered to make it glow fluorescent green has passed on the trait to its young, a development that could lead to the future breeding of pigs for human transplant organs. Yes. great. You can have a liver from a glowing green pig from Beijing after all. We have all the glowing green pigs you'll ever need. They don't sleep too well but they'll have a short life anyway. Then..maybe also you can pass this trait onto your kids so they won't be so hard to find after nightfall.

The future finally has arrived.
Oink!