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Yellow food dye found in chips and candy corn turns skin transparent in mice, study says

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. In H.G. Wells ...
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Cheetos food dye turns mice transparent — and scientists say there’s a simple explanation

This is no puff piece. Researchers have uncovered the fact that a popular food dye used in Cheetos can turn mice’s skin completely transparent — making their organs visible. A coloring agent used in ...
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Common yellow food dye can make the skin of a mouse temporarily transparent, study finds

More than 100 years later, scientists have discovered a real-life version of the substance: A commonly used food coloring can make the skin of a mouse temporarily transparent, allowing scientists to ...
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Yellow food dye found in chips and candy corn turns skin transparent in mice, study says

(CNN) — In H.G. Wells’ 1897 science fiction novel, “The Invisible Man,” the protagonist invents a serum that makes the cells in his body transparent by controlling how they bend light. More than 100 ...