Tartrazine, aka 'Yellow No. 5,' creates see-through skin on mice to help scientists peer inside their bodies
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To many consumers, "Yellow No. 5" is best known as the food dye that adds an orange-yellow tinge to snacks and drinks like Doritos, Gatorade, and M&Ms. To a team from Stanford, however, tartrazine, the chemical found in that dye, recently served as a window into living creatures'...