{"id":151364,"date":"2023-02-03T12:10:45","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=151364&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2023-02-03T12:10:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T03:10:45","slug":"kyushu-university-cat-lovers-launch-research-project-to-solve-tortoiseshell-mystery","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/kyushu-university-cat-lovers-launch-research-project-to-solve-tortoiseshell-mystery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyushu University Cat Lovers Launch Research Project to Solve Tortoiseshell Mystery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu University in Japan has launched a research project to uncover the mystery behind the genes of tortoiseshell cats. The project is led by Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki, who is a molecular biology and genetics specialist and is backed by a team of cat-loving researchers. The project is focused on finding the gene that determines the tortoiseshell coat color and is being funded through crowdfunding. Within a month of starting the campaign, the project has raised nearly 8 million yen and has received over 400 comments of support. The researchers are aiming to minimize the burden on the cats during the research process and have so far collected blood and tissues from animal clinics during surgeries and exams. The project is a hot topic among cat lovers and the researchers hope that it will lead to better health and medical care for both cats and humans and inspire more interest in basic science. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fnn.jp\/articles\/-\/478952\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FNN<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/readyfor.jp\/projects\/calico60\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crowdfunding page<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-151351\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_mikecat-unsplash_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kyushu University Cat Lovers Launch Research Project to Solve Tortoiseshell Mystery\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_mikecat-unsplash_2023_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_mikecat-unsplash_2023_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_mikecat-unsplash_2023_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/fnn_mikecat-unsplash_2023_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@tengyart?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tengyart<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/SK4G0iVByp8?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Get Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu area news and events in English regularly.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sign up for our <\/span><b>free<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> weekly newsletter. 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The project is led by Professor Hiroyuki Sasaki, who is a molecular biology and genetics specialist and is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":151357,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-151364","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kyushu","news-category-others","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/151364","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=151364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151357"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=151364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=151364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}