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> These are not from seals or penguins but from African green monkeys and Chinese hamsters. That's two new animals to me in one sentence.
by rcpt 5y ago
> These are not from seals or penguins but from African green monkeys and Chinese hamsters.
That's two new animals to me in one sentence.
- bdcravens 5y agoI have cystic fibrosis, and the Chinese hamster has been used in quite a bit of CF research and medication production. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9002671/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9002671/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornase_alfa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornase_alfa
- dmix 5y agoI was hoping the monkey would actually be green-ish https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=African+green+monkeys&iax=images&ia=images https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffcm&q=African+green+monkeys&iax=i... But then I realized there aren't any green mammals... https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-1357,00.html https://www.theguardian.com/notesandqueries/query/0,,-1357,0...
- actually_a_dog 5y agoChinese hamsters are actually very common pet animals.
- MikeDelta 5y agoNext step is having them featured on the cover of an O'Reilly book, or as a character in Aggretsuko.
- flobosg 5y agoMore about their derived cell lines: - African green Monkey: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vero_cell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vero_cell - Chinese hamster: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_hamster_ovary_cell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_hamster_ovary_cell