Shrinkage-mediated imaging of entire organs and organisms using uDISCO : Nature Methods

For imaging as a method of scientific discovery, this seems like a fascinating next step in seeing organisms in a transparent ’tissue-clearing’ way (I like that phrase).  There’a a brief squib in today’s New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/science/transparent-mouse-udisco-glow.html

For the more detailed description with fascinating images, see the article below:

 

http://www.nature.com/articles/nmeth.3964.epdf?referrer_access_token=1R7EkvOhHa_4t-QlBGL8HNRgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0MW4nbmfYGDvrPgEGaKdd0fuXdvAs0WOjQrw_8ApqZIykFbnrbKahM7xtgd8u08ciIn5D2Tau8KJ9zSwcAI2q0ba5_Rb8Mqwa7UiGTiS-_ShnP4AZWQAK2-YoxtfAOYK2xqZQTZEvAosH7nJQRPGebjoIYg3rMquq6V5-UNGu81eHJuExnUxB09L_oQArXQun0QqA1Mtef-w1tCfJmORlKMIH12_XPGQUX2lcca4qSQMH8xO32gA1UpNZWHdt4w-wihPzCPnYHXXRiX2NRnLtdVHRZGBA9ohNZ-9tmcrB1z04SCbw9QmpKRTCIiLyvEzya_fKSQWSWgdrF99Bq0Zz7_MZ7wxGC380FminIjlCE9320vlv0y1mZZ3RFbr5EZmNA=&tracking_referrer=www.nytimes.com

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