The discovery could yield a range of innovations in medicine, from managing muscle injuries to spotting cancers.
How did they do it?
Well, the reason we cant see through most objects is because light scatters off them.
A visualization of see-through, yellow-tinted human skin.Illustration: Keyi “Onyx” Li/U.S. National Science Foundation
When those indices matched those of the breasts muscle proteins, the chicken became effectively see-through.
This technique may be able to improve that light penetration.
According to the release, the tartrazine-treated scalps then revealed blood vessels moving across the rodents brains.
Stanford researchers used a special dye and imaging technique to see blood vessels in a mouse’s brain without surgery or damage. They watched the blood flow in real-time, through the mouse’s intact skull and skin. Image: Stanford University/Gail Rupert/NSF
Applying the solution to the mices abdomens revealed their intestinal activity and motions sparked by their heartbeats and breathing.
Do not try this at home!
Even though the team found their method was non-invasive and reversible, you will not be successful.
Wells 1897 workThe Invisible Man.
This suppression of tissue scattering is no mere magic trick, they added.
It is therefore of extremely broad interest across the fields of biology and medicine.
So there you have it.
Dying tissue can, counterintuitively, open a window deeper into the body.
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