whatever happened to the "glow in the dark fish"?

Question

there was a big deal about them a few years ago and i wanted one but they never hit the market

Answer 1

Wu Jen-leih of Taipei's Academia Sinica headed a team that took a gene that makes jelly fish fluoresce and transplanted it into the livers of zebra fish that were then later implanted with cancer cells for testing.

The gene highlighted the cancerous tissue with a special tint.

This allowed the scientists to monitor cancer development in the fish's liver through a special microscope and evaluate the impact of drugs.

Wu said fluorescent zebra fish can test experimental drugs for cancers in less time and at less cost than conventional laboratory mice.

Answer 2

you mean glo fish

http://www.glofish.com/