Scientists create transparent mouse complete with see-through organs

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Scientists have created see-through mice complete with transparent organs, in a new technique that could pave the way to a new generation of therapies for conditions ranging from autism to chronic pain. Although scientists have been attempting to make organs transparent for decades, they have struggled to do this without damaging tissue. The new work is the first to make an entire mouse transparent without extracting and then clearing organs outside the body, Ms Gradinaru explained. "Our easy-to-use tissue clearing protocols, which employ readily available and cost-effective reagents and equipment, will make the subcellular interrogation of large tissue samples an accessible undertaking within the broader research and clinical communities."