Five people have been arrested and four referred to prosecutors for their alleged involvement in the unauthorized cultivation of Japanese killifish genetically modified to glow in red, police said Wednesday, with the fish originating from eggs taken from a Tokyo Institute of Technology lab by a student.The arrests are the first in Japan for an alleged violation of the Cartagena law, which came into force in 2004 to regulate the use of genetically modified living organisms, according to the Tokyo police. Dubbed "swimming jewels," Japanese killifish of different colors and shapes have become …READ FULL ARTICLE
