Researchers have succeeded in temporarily turning the skin of mice transparent by smearing them with common food dye. While it's not clear yet whether this approach is safe for humans, the ...

This is no puff piece. Researchers have uncovered the fact that a popular food dye used in Cheetos can turn mice’s skin completely transparent — making their organs visible. A coloring agent ...

The transparent areas take on an orangish color, Ou said, similar to that of the food dye. The dye used in the solution is commonly known as FD&C Yellow No. 5, certified for use by the US Food and ...

A discovery that a common food dye temporarily caused a mouse's skin to appear transparent could have wide-ranging effects on the medical industry, the researcher told Fox News Digital.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of Short Wave about "scuba-diving" lizards, a trick to turn a mouse's skin transparent and whether finger counting helps kids' math skills.

While turning the skin on mice transparent is an interesting and useful side effect of the yellow dye used in Cheetos, it does raise some questions about just how safe it is to partake in this ...

Researchers at Stanford University detail, in the Sept. 6 issue of the journal Science, how they were able to see through the skin of live mice by applying a mixture of water and tartrazine, a ...

Scientists say they've used a common food dye to render the skin of a mouse transparent, revealing the workings of blood vessels and organs underneath. Image by Keyi "Onyx" Li/U.S. National ...

Anil Oza is STAT’s 2024-2025 Sharon Begley Science Reporting Fellow. You can reach Anil on Signal at aniloza.16. When a dye called tartrazine is added to food, it creates a bright yellow hue ...

Researchers have developed a new way to see organs within a body by rendering overlying tissues transparent to visible light. The counterintuitive process—a topical application of food-safe dye ...

Researchers have found that common food dye can be used to make skin, muscle and connective tissues temporarily transparent, suggesting that the procedure could be used in future to locate cancer ...