Juenrow Bengals, located in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, have 4 young brown spotted adult breeding queens for sale. They are aged between 9 and 20 months old. See breeder ad for full details, photos and contact info.
We would like to welcome Silvercore Bengals as new advertisers to the website. Silvercore are located in Eastampton, NJ. They are expecting a litter of silver spotted and brown spotted bengal kittens in January. See breeder ad for full details, photos and contact information.
Mountain Stream Bengals, located in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, UK, have a Snow Marbled Bengal Stud available for sale. He is three and a half years old and is GCCF registered. See breeder ad for further details and contact information.
It was reported earlier this week that South Korean scientists have bred cats that glow in the dark by inserting a fluorescence protein gene into the DNA of clones, which makes them glow under ultraviolet light !
The procedure could help scientists develop treatments for genetic diseases in humans.
Scientists led by Kong Il-keun of Gyeongsang National University produced three cats with altered fluorescence genes, the Science and Technology Ministry said.
“It marked the first time in the world that cats with RFP genes have been cloned,” the ministry said in a statement.
“The ability to produce cloned cats with the manipulated genes is significant, as it could be used for developing treatments for genetic diseases and for reproducing model (cloned) animals suffering from the same diseases as humans.”
Fluorescence genes are used in other experimental animals when they are placed next to a gene that scientists want to study.
They can easily see if the gene of interest has been taken up if the animal also glows.
The cats were born in January and February. One was stillborn; two grew to become adult Turkish angoras.
We’ve just published the visitor stats for November month end, and once again, visitor numbers have increased. We started the year with the number of visits to the website at 547. By comparison, thye website received 12,784 visits during November and over 60,000 page views. However, we won’t be resting on our laurels, and we’ll be looking to double those figures during 2008.