“Medical Research Council of UK is reporting that an innovative new imaging modality called optical projection tomography (OPT), when applied to Drosophila melanogaster, may reveal mechanisms responsible for a host of human neurodegenerative disorders, from Parkinson’s disease to Alzheimer’s dementia. The dark colour of the fly exoskeleton prevents us from seeing inside it using a standard light microscope. In the past this has meant scientists have had to tease apart fruit fly tissues by hand — a laborious process. Now, we have got over the problem by bleaching the fly exoskeleton. When the fruit fly becomes colourless it is possible to use imaging techniques not only to view its internal organs but to generate 2D and 3D images of the entire fly. ” (Will this be available under socialized medicine?)
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