Alba (rabbit)
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alba-rabbit-260-17646643
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Alba (rabbit)
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Alba was a genetically modified "glowing" rabbit created as an artistic work by contemporary artist Eduardo Kac, produced in collaboration with French geneticist Louis-Marie Houdebine. Houdebine used the GFP gene found in the jellyfish, Aequorea victoria, that fluoresces green when exposed to blue light. This is a protein used in many standard biological experiments involving fluorescence. When Alba was exposed to such light, she would literally glow green — though photos by Kac showing the enti
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Genetically modified "glowing" rabbit
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2024-04-15T14:15:34Z
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