Scientific discovery that turns mouse skin transparent echoes plot of H.G Wells’ ‘The Invisible Man’

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Scientific discovery that turns mouse skin transparent echoes plot of H.G Wells’ ‘The Invisible Man’

By Katie Hunt, CNN (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 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 see its organs function, according to a new st…