"Dye in Doritos used in experiment that, like a 'magic trick,' created see-through mice"

[DrLeftover]

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.

Dye in Doritos used in experiment that, like a 'magic trick,' created see-through mice

Tartrazine, a dye used in making Doritos, has a light-absorbing quality that researchers used to apply to mice so they could see through the skin.

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[passenger]

Dye in Doritos used in experiment that, like a 'magic trick,' created see-through mice

Tartrazine, a dye used in making Doritos, has a light-absorbing quality that researchers used to apply to mice so they could see through the skin.

www.yahoo.com

I noticed and was reading about that earlier today!
What's this world coming to??

 

[DrLeftover]

The other question is:

"what else is that stuff doing to you when you eat the chips?"

 

[passenger]

The other question is:

"what else is that stuff doing to you when you eat the chips?"

Well; THEY say not to worry....it's all okey-dokey.

HERE "When the dye was washed off, the tissue returned to normal and the scientists reported “minimal systemic toxicity” in the mice. Even though tartrazine is used as a common food dye, this technique hasn’t been tested in humans, and it isn’t the sort of effect that would occur at the minuscule concentrations that happen when people get a little dust from flavored chips on their hands."

 

[DrLeftover]

"a little dust from chips on their hands"


.... I've seen people eat an entire bag in one sitting.

 

[MrDawn]

"what else is that stuff doing to you when you eat the chips?"

No wonder why it gives me a stomach ache when I eat it.....