Seeing through a 6 mm-thick moSeeing through a 6 mm-Thick Mouse Brain Thanks to SeeDB (IMAGE)

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Seeing through a 6 mm-thick moSeeing through a 6 mm-Thick Mouse Brain Thanks to SeeDB

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Japanese researchers have developed a new sugar and water-based solution called SeeDB that turns tissues transparent in just three days, without disrupting the shape and chemical nature of the samples. Combined with fluorescence microscopy, this technique enabled them to obtain detailed images of a mouse brain at an unprecedented resolution.

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