mayo-clinic

Scientists Produce Glow-in-the-Dark Cats

Lauri Apple · 09/11/11 08:36PM

When scientists insert rhesus macaque genes plus jellyfish genes into unfertilized cat eggs, the cats that result post-fertilization are resistant to feline immunodeficiency virus, which causes feline AIDS. They also glow fluorescent green under "special" lights. What if you do this to human eggs?

Lady Cut In Half to Cure Cancer

Maureen O'Connor · 09/22/10 02:23PM

To remove a tumor "the size of a calzone," doctors split a woman in half and attached her leg to her spine. They're calling it a "pogo stick" surgery, the first of its kind. The patient is in good spirits.