Scientists Made Transparent Silk Gel That Lets Them Watch Living Cells Grow

Researchers improved a recombinant spider-silk hydrogel so it gels faster, remains clearer and supports cultured cells under more physiological conditions. Better transparency could help scientists image cells inside three-dimensional cultures, although the work remains an in-vitro materials study rather than a treatment or implant. Scientists Made Transparent Silk Gel That Lets Them Watch Living Cells Grow