2.07.2008

See-through fish

See-through fish is created to give a clearer idea of how cancer spreads

Excerpt:

Researchers who bred the transparent fish at the Children’s Hospital, Boston, in the United States, were able to watch as melanoma cells left the abdominal cavity and made directly for the skin, where the disease took hold. Before the innovation, scientists were reliant on getting a snapshot of the spread by dissecting specimens.

Comment: Photo w article. Interests me on several fronts, notably that my Brother-in-Law succumbed to melanoma.

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