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Medicine• Cancer
– Identification of the activity of a cancerous cell
• Alzheimer's– Typical activity in the brain
• Malaria– Easy identification of males
• Neurons– Clearly defined, single neurons, specific
Technology
• Golf Course– Night time golfing with bioluminescent grass
• Lighting in houses– Virtually heat-free– Less destructive to the environment
• Computer Chips and Muscle control– Restoring muscular control to sufferers of
spinal cord injuries
Problems
• Expensive
• Still being studied
• Unknown ecological effects of genetically different animals and bacteria if they escape confinement
• Some scientists think that pets are a waste of the sciences and do not want them out in the public’s grasp