Glow In The Dark Cats

SEOUL -- South Korean scientists have cloned Turkish angora cats with a red fluorescent protein produced by manipulating their genes, which makes them give off an eerie glow when hit by certain ultraviolet light.

A team lead by Kong Il-Keun, an animal cloning expert at Gyeongsang National University, said the cats would be used for genetic research.

The cats do not glow in the dark but their ears, nose and other places where fur cover is minimal do give off a red glow when hit with the ultraviolet light.

The cats were born earlier this year but the results of the procedure were only made public by the Ministry of Science and Technology this week.

Kong is a cat cloning pioneer in South Korea.

South Korea, once a world leader in cloning and human embryonic stem cells studies, suffered a major setback after two papers on human embryonic stem cells by once acclaimed scientist Hwang Woo-suk, were found to be based on faked data.