Medical industry sees future through transparent skull

WASHINGTON - US researchers developed a 3D-printed transparent skull and implanted it into a mouse, offering a way to watch its activity of the entire brain surface in real time.

The study published on April 2 in the journal Nature Communications described the device called See-Shell that may provide new insight for human brain conditions such as concussions, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

"This technology allows us to see most of the cortex in action with unprecedented control and precision while stimulating certain parts of the brain," said the study's coauthor Suhasa Kodandaramaiah from the University of Minnesota.