See-through frogs

JoshuaMadoc · Post by **JoshuaMadoc** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:23 am

Well, i dunno how you guys are gonna react to this (if i'm right, one of you will remark that these buggers should die rather than be freaks), since you're all so touchy about animals, but scientists in japan have unveiled a see-through frog.

It's still primitive, but they've predicted that by perfecting this technique, they will be able to finally look at the insides of animals without having hippies clinging on their legs, pleading for their lives.

Were Dono · Post by **Were Dono** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 3:07 pm

o_O...that's nasty lookin'.

wolf4life · Post by **wolf4life** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:21 pm

wow...they finally made frogs see through...

thats...................

great

Set · Post by **Set** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:29 pm

I'm not impressed.

And really...is there even a point to this?

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:58 pm

Waste of science. Why not experiment something useful, like mutated monster similar to the ones in Resident Evil.

cumulusprotagonist · Post by **cumulusprotagonist** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:04 pm

kitetsu wrote:Well, i dunno how you guys are gonna react to this (if i'm right, one of you will remark that these buggers should die rather than be freaks), since you're all so touchy about animals, but scientists in japan have unveiled a see-through frog.

It's still primitive, but they've predicted that by perfecting this technique, they will be able to finally look at the insides of animals without having hippies clinging on their legs, pleading for their lives.

The Transparent Man.
Coming Soon...

Shadow Wulf · Post by **Shadow Wulf** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:42 pm

cumulusprotagonist wrote:
kitetsu wrote:Well, i dunno how you guys are gonna react to this (if i'm right, one of you will remark that these buggers should die rather than be freaks), since you're all so touchy about animals, but scientists in japan have unveiled a see-through frog.

It's still primitive, but they've predicted that by perfecting this technique, they will be able to finally look at the insides of animals without having hippies clinging on their legs, pleading for their lives.

The Transparent Man.
Coming Soon...

Eeewww!

JoshuaMadoc · Post by **JoshuaMadoc** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:14 pm

Set wrote:I'm not impressed.

And really...is there even a point to this?

Not at all!

Dreamer · Post by **Dreamer** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:32 pm

Shadow Wulf wrote:Waste of science. Why not experiment something useful, like mutated monster similar to the ones in Resident Evil.

Well, what about the plasmids like in Bioshock? I actually heard about viral genetic therapy, which sounds similar to plasmids. I want a werewolf based one, or at least as claose as possible (Staying in a gestalt-type appearance all the time wouldn't be that bad)

MoonKit · Post by **MoonKit** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:11 pm

It didnt really look all that see thru.

Set · Post by **Set** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 10:02 pm

MoonKit wrote:It didnt really look all that see thru.

It isn't. Especially compared to these fish:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/S ... ncy-3.html
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/A ... arb-1.html

ravaged_warrior · Post by **ravaged_warrior** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 11:54 pm

Set wrote:I'm not impressed.

And really...is there even a point to this?

My guess is that they're experimenting with genetics, just testing out different things to try and get a result. Once they get the hang of that they'll probably move on to something useful.

Is there a point to having see-through frogs? No.
Is there a point to learning how to make see-through frogs? Maybe.

Kinda like typing exercises. There's no reason to ever type ffff jjjj ffff jjjj in any other situation, but it will build up to something useful later on. Hopefully.

EDIT:

Sumida said researchers could also inject into the transparent frogs an illuminating protein attached to a gene, which would light up the gene once it manifests -- for example, showing at what stage cancer starts.

Right there's what I'm talking about. They say that that in particular is not possible with mammals, but it could potentially lead to other possibilities.

BlackWolfDS · Post by **BlackWolfDS** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 7:09 pm

Man's attempt to play god again?

MoonKit · Post by **MoonKit** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:03 pm

Set wrote:
MoonKit wrote:It didnt really look all that see thru.
It isn't. Especially compared to these fish:

http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/S ... ncy-3.html
http://www.dkimages.com/discover/Home/A ... arb-1.html

Yeah, I work in a pet store and we have one or two fish that you can see completely through. Some kind of tetras (blood fin?). Its pretty cool.

wolf4life · Post by **wolf4life** » Sat Oct 06, 2007 8:26 pm

BlackWolfDS wrote:Man's attempt to play god again?

OMG.....their starting it!

JoshuaMadoc · Post by **JoshuaMadoc** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 9:03 am

BlackWolfDS wrote:Man's attempt to play god again?

They're paying from their own pockets, so why not?

Aki · Post by **Aki** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 11:11 am

kitetsu wrote:Well, i dunno how you guys are gonna react to this (if i'm right, one of you will remark that these buggers should die rather than be freaks), since you're all so touchy about animals, but scientists in japan have unveiled a see-through frog.

It's still primitive, but they've predicted that by perfecting this technique, they will be able to finally look at the insides of animals without having hippies clinging on their legs, pleading for their lives.

I predict those same hippies will shift gears to whine about how wrong it is engineer the frogs to have see-through skin or something.

In any case, they don't look so transparent, and I'm no expert on frogs, but wouldn't the muscle tissue get in the way of seeing organs? Or is that transparent too?

Ranubis · Post by **Ranubis** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 3:38 am

Yep, it's the 'illuminating frogs' part that disturbs me.

wolf4life · Post by **wolf4life** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:15 pm

great so we made see through frogs...

how about a (concerd)ing cure for cancer or something you idiots!

IndianaJones · Post by **IndianaJones** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:22 pm

Seen that, done that.

wolf4life · Post by **wolf4life** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 11:24 pm

Aki · Post by **Aki** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:35 am

wolf4life wrote:great so we made see through frogs...

how about a (concerd)ing cure for cancer or something you idiots!

See this:

The Frog article thing wrote:"You can see through the skin how organs grow, how cancer starts and develops," said the lead researcher Masayuki Sumida, professor at the Institute for Amphibian Biology of state-run Hiroshima University.

In short: It's part of the cancer-research.

wolf4life · Post by **wolf4life** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 12:47 am

well when they can make a human see through...call me

Silent Hunter · Post by **Silent Hunter** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 1:52 pm

But just imagine the outcry and the moral issues invlolved. Also, who would want to be see through? This is why animals are good to test on. They don't care.

*Cue how humans are evil posts*

Set · Post by **Set** » Sat Oct 13, 2007 6:58 pm

I don't see the point in using animals for researching human problems anyway. A frog, pig, rat, monkey, etc. ISN'T a human. Things are going to affect them differently. If you're doing research on humans...then use some damn humans!

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