Green, Glowing Kittens!?

[Michaelangelica]

When these green kitties were still twinkles in their parents’ eyes, scientists investigating a macaque gene thought to protect monkeys against feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) inserted it into cat eggs with a lab-grown virus, intending to test whether cats carrying the gene were resistant to FIV as well. Researchers are interested in seeing how the macaque gene guards against FIV, which is the feline version of HIV, in hopes of transferring their insights to combating HIV.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2011/09/12/green-glowing-kittens-contribute-to-hiv-research-look-adorable/