{"id":261597,"date":"2024-09-06T09:27:34","date_gmt":"2024-09-06T07:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/la-ciencia-descubre-que-el-colorante-de-los-doritos-puede-hacer-invisible-la-piel\/"},"modified":"2024-09-06T09:31:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T07:31:49","slug":"science-finds-doritos-dye-can-make-skin-invisible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tapasmagazine.es\/en\/science-finds-doritos-dye-can-make-skin-invisible\/","title":{"rendered":"Science finds that Doritos dye can make skin invisible"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Although it may seem like a Sci-Fi plot, it is not. Science and innovation are constantly evolving to impact history through their breakthroughs. A team of researchers at Stanford University <\/strong>has succeeded in making the skin and tissue of living animals transparent using the food coloring used in products such as Doritos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research, published in the journal Science<\/strong>, specifically used the dye tartrazine, used as the common food dye ‘Yellow No. 5<\/strong>‘ to carry out the experiment that ended up temporarily revealing the inner organs and vessels of the animals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The effect is instantaneous. Within minutes of smearing the food dye on the mice, their skin becomes as transparent as glass. This procedure is known as ‘optical tissue clearance’, and has not yet been tested on humans, but it could be a revolutionary technique for viewing and monitoring lesions and a multitude of diseases without the need for specialized equipment or invasive cutting surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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