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Chemical Cocktail Turns Mice Clear

Posted by samzenpus on from the thank-you-science dept.

sciencehabit writes "Researchers have serendipitously discovered that a mixture of urea, glycerol, and soap makes membranes transparent. When they tried the mixture on a developing mouse fetus, they found that it removed all of the pigment from the cells, rendering the fetus completely transparent. The technique allowed scientists to see fluorescent neurons buried several millimeters in the brain."

7 of 145 comments (clear)

  1. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I already see the next requirement from TSA..

  2. Hold up on your patents! by RevWaldo · · Score: 2, Funny

    I found prior art!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kakweRCSd_s&feature=player_detailpage#t=87s

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  3. Greatest obituary line ever... by Lord_of_the_nerf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eaten alive by invisible rats.

    Science is about making horrible dreams a reality.

    1. Re:Greatest obituary line ever... by Sasayaki · · Score: 5, Funny

      Done and done.

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  4. Re:Phew! by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mice aren't dumb enough to fall for that.

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  5. Are you ponderin' what I'm ponderin'? by Arancaytar · · Score: 5, Funny

    - That we turn ourselves invisible and take over the world?
    - EXACTLY

  6. Re:Discovered in a previously unknown manuscript by b4dc0d3r · · Score: 2, Funny

    I... I don't see what you did there.