From: Harvey Newstrom (mail@HarveyNewstrom.com)
Date: Sun May 26 2002 - 16:06:24 MDT
On Sunday, May 26, 2002, at 04:13 pm, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
> It discusses the GFP bunny. I wonder why nobody is trying
> to sell GFP bunnies, puppies, etc. I would have to believe that
> children would drive their parents *nuts* to get one. You could
> walk your dog after dark and not need to bring a flashlight.
The literal answer is that it doesn't work. The glow-in-the-dark bunny
didn't really glow in the dark. They transplanted the gene for this
trait into it, and it looked greenish under the right light, but it
didn't really glow in the dark. The scientists got some publicity over
the event, but in reality they were very concerned and confused as to
why their experiment failed. And, as with cloning, it takes a hundred
attempts before a single animal is produced.
The bottom line is this stuff still isn't ready for production. "Why is
nobody trying to sell GFP bunnies?" Because they can't make them yet.
Rest assured that when they methods are perfected, they will start
trying to make money on them. Right now, it doesn't exist yet. We saw
one flawed demo model, and a lot of vaporware promised. People are
confusing one-time events, and promises of future developments, with
technology that they imagine is available today.
-- Harvey Newstrom, CISSP <www.HarveyNewstrom.com> Principal Security Consultant <www.Newstaff.com>
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