Leonardo da Vinci, proto genetic engineer?

2006

Fehrenbach says Renaissance 'obsessed with life and rebirth'

A conceptual artist named Eduardo Kac ignited a fierce controversy in 2000 when he tried to enter a genetically modified bunny that glowed green under ultraviolet light in an art exhibition in France. 

The bunny, named Alba, derived its green glow from the genes of a fluorescent jellyfish that had been spliced into its genome at an early stage of development.