Scientists make temporarily transparent mice

Scientists have found that massaging tartrazine—aka 'Yellow 5,' aka the food dye used in Doritos—into the skin of mice can temporarily make the mice transparent. The Washington Post explains that in a recent study, researchers found that about five minutes after applying the dye, 'the opaque skin of the mice transformed temporarily into a living window, revealing branching blood vessels, muscle fibers and contractions of the gut.'  — Read the rest
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