Blue Food Dye Treats Spine Injury in Rats | Wired Science
By lucky accident, researchers discovered that the commonly used food additive FD&C blue dye No. 1 is remarkably similar to a lab compound that blocks a key step in nerve inflammation. When rats with spinal cord injury were given an infusion of blue dye, they recovered much faster than rats that didn’t get the treatment. And researchers reported only one adverse effect: The rats turned blue.
best side-effect ever!
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best side-effect ever!
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I’d like to order a case of blue M&Ms please.
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I would call that a benefit rather than an adverse effect!...rats! Well, it’d be okay for...
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I love a blue and white rat. He looks a little chilly.
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