To solve this problem, the researchers at the Max Planck Institute developed a technique using a fluorescent dye to make the spinal cord transparent, replacing the water that is normally there.
This week held some truly unexpected breakthroughs as scientists in China figured out a way to create brain cells from human urine, and researchers at Rice University and CUNY developed batteries that are fueled by the dye from madder roots.
For molecular diagnostic tests Beckman Coulter has developed a nucleic-acid- sample detection instrument that separates fluorescent-dye-labeled DNA fragments for pattern recognition or further identification.