It is hoped see-through mice will help wit cancer research (Picture: AP)

Scientists have developed the first see-through mice and hope they will be able to help them create better treatments for diseases such as cancer and Parkinson’s.

You won’t be seeing any of the mutant mice running about though as they were all killed before they were transformed.

Following their deaths, their skin was removed and they were pumped full of chemicals that made their organs transparent.

The mouse had its skin removed and was then pumped full with chemicals (Picture: AP)

The result was a rodent-shaped block of gelatin with the organs held in place by connective tissue and a gel used in the procedure.


Viviana Gradinaru, from the California Institute of Technology and an author of a paper on the work, said the project would help in battling cancer and other diseases.



‘Now we are working on mapping the nervous system,’ she said.

‘For example, there are instances where electrical stimulation is used to help treat Parkinson’s, bladder control or pain and those electrical stimulators are applied to nerves throughout the body.

‘Knowing exactly where those nerves run to and from, and their functions, would improve those treatments.’