Nature Medicine - Biomedicine would be a breeze if organisms were transparent. With the ability to see through tissues, scientists could spot the development of tumors more easily in study animals.

“Being totally transparent is scary,” she said. “You feel naked, exposed and vulnerable, but that vulnerability, that humility, it can be an extraordinary benefit to the practice of medicine.

Access to data is at the centre of many controversies in modern medicine – not just to do with the usefulness of drugs, but also of treatments (such as exercise for chronic fatigue syndrome ...

Now, a team of bioengineers has developed an implant using a strong, transparent material that could make brain-windows a reality. Say you need to sneak a peek at someone’s brain. Easy ...