Simple, Cheap Food Dye Makes Skin Transparent to Give Doctors a ‘Window’ into the Body

A revolutionary new technique uses food dye to provide a “window” into the body by making skin transparent. By applying a mixture of water and a common yellow food coloring called tartrazine, researchers made the skin on the skulls and abdomens of live mice see-through. The ground-breaking technique, described in the journal Science, gives medics […]

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