Source: USA Today
“Doritos are a revered snack for many. Now, scientists have found one of the ingredients in the triangle-shaped tasty tortilla chips has a superpower – it can make the skin of mice transparent. 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 bright yellow-orange food coloring used in Doritos and other foods, drugs, and cosmetics. The experiments arose from the quest for better methods to see tissue and organs within the body. The researchers chose tartrazine because the dye’s molecules absorb blue and ultraviolet light, which makes it easier for light to pass through the mouse skin.” (09/06/24)