Re: [DIYbio] Re: Genetic engineering at home

I was shown the same picture, and share your skepticism. It seems pretty unlikely, and not documented elsewhere...

On Tuesday, 31 December 2013 20:00:38 UTC+1, Cathal Garvey (Phone) wrote:
Also, I have seen a phonecam shot of an alleged GFP "tattoo" where someone jabbed themselves with an Adenoviral gfp vector. I say "Alleged" because I can't imagine that working for more than an hour or so before going necrotic from immune rejection.

Nathan McCorkle <nmz...@gmail.com> wrote:


On Dec 30, 2013 10:10 PM, "Patrik D&apos;haeseleer" <pat...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I bet it's only a matter of time before someone tries to give themselves a GFP tattoo with a gene gun though...
>

That's already started happening, at least academically:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2855251/


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