It’s exactly like Harry Potter but instead of an adorable young British wizard with a scar on his head it’s mice in a laboratory.  RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center at Osaka University claim they have created transparent mice. Yes, mice you can see through. They remove color from the mice tissue with a bunch of science magic. The most important compound they needed to eliminate is called “Heme”. What is Heme? Along with being a fun word to say it also gives blood its color. So do I really know what “Heme” is? …Nope

There are several reasons for these transparent see through mice. Number one reason is to have something that looks cool on an over head projector. The second reason is to have test subjects you can observe without dissection. Either way these mice are transparent and creepy, so enjoy!

 

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