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Provided are a clearing and expansion method and an imaging method for biological tissue. The clearing and expansion method for biological tissue comprises: (1) degreasing a fixed biological tissue sample; (2) soaking the degreased biological tissue sample in a solution of gel monomer molecules, such that the monomer molecules permeate into the degreased biological tissue sample; (3) inducing a polymerization reaction of the monomer molecules permeating into the biological tissue sample so as to form a polymer gel; and (4) placing the biological tissue sample which has been subjected to a gelation treatment into water for expansion. The clearing and expansion method for biological tissue avoids the sample treatment steps of heating and enzymatic digestion that cause fluorescent quenching and the destruction of biological tissue, and thus has the advantages of high retention of endogenous fluorescent proteins, high mechanical strength of expanded biological tissue, a short sample treatment time, etc. Moreover, the advantage of an adjustable expansion ratio is further achieved by means of changing the components of a monomer reagent.

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