Scientists engineer human cells with squid-like transparency

Wednesday, June 3, 2020 - 08:50 in Biology & Nature

Octopuses, squids and other sea creatures can perform a disappearing act by using specialized tissues in their bodies to manipulate the transmission and reflection of light, and now researchers at the University of California, Irvine have engineered human cells to have similar transparent abilities. In a paper published today in Nature Communications, the scientists described how […]

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