Don't be surprised to see transparent frogs rather than the regular green and brown one during the rains as Japanese scientists have developed a type of transparent frog whose internal organs are visible through its skin and hence one no longer needs to dissect them to check their internal organs. The researchers say the see-through frogs can help in the study of diseases and in the development of medical treatments by letting laboratory scientists to check the status of internal organs and blood vessels while the frogs are alive and without having to cut apart them. The transparent frog is the result of breeding two specimens of Japanese brown frog. These see through frogs will prove useful as laboratory animals because they make it easier and cheaper to observe the development and progress of cancer, the growth and aging of internal organs, and the effects of chemicals on organs.

The researchers are also working on glowing frogs by fusing the genes of fluorescent proteins to the frog’s genes. Glowing frogs can help scientists study specific problem genes by providing a real-time visual indication.
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