Transparent mouse could improve cancer drug tests

Transparent mouse could improve cancer drug tests A new scanning method involving a see-through mouse could improve how cancer drugs are tested, by picking up tumours previously too small to detect.

Prof Ali Ertürk of the Helmholtz Munich research centre worked out how to make a dead mouse transparent in 2018.

His team have now used chemicals to highlight specific tissues so that they can be scanned in unprecedented detail.

Drugs are often tested first on mice. Scientists say the new scanning method could revolutionise medical research. BBC News