A recent study by Duke University uncovered the genes that
help zebrafish repair damaged tissue.
Researchers discovered a gene also found in humans
helps zebrafish convert water motion into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain for perception.
Not exact matches
Human tumor cells (red) growing in a
zebrafish embryo may
help doctors choose how to treat cancer patients.
Researchers have identified a protein in
zebrafish that plays a role in
helping heal major spinal cord injuries.
She commented: «Our previous research to validate
zebrafish as a model for epilepsy put us in a good position to be able to
help the EuroEPINOMICS consortium investigate the function of CHD2.
Zebrafish with very weak muscles
helped scientists decode the elusive genetic mutation responsible for Native American myopathy, a rare, hereditary muscle disease that afflicts Native Americans in North Carolina.
Because these genes have the same function in
zebrafish, humans, and other tetrapods, it should
help researchers further understand how our ancestors left the water and evolved limbs from fins.
The shared gene allows
zebrafish to sense water flow direction, and it also
helps cells inside the human ear sense a range of sounds.
GENE SCENE
Zebrafish experiments that didn't go as planned may
help researchers find genes that can fill in for others in a pinch.
A
zebrafish model of Dravet syndrome, a severe form of pediatric epilepsy, may
help scientists quickly find drugs for the devastating disease.
«Fish eyes to
help understand human inherited blindness: Discovery of a gene in
zebrafish that triggers congenital blindness could lead to a suitable cure for similar disease in humans..»
Tobin, who
helped to develop the
zebrafish as a model of TB, decided to use the system to study the blood vessels associated with granulomas.
On this website you can learn about how
zebrafish can
help us understand human diseases and how to develop treatments for them.
Studies with
Zebrafish embryos
help scientists understand how whole organisms develop from the single - celled embryo.
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Zebrafish Help Researchers Track Breast Cancer What if doctors could peer through a patient's skin and see a cancer tumor growing?
One postdoc in Peterson's lab, for example, is using
zebrafish to study opioid addiction, trying to identify genes that heighten drug - seeking behavior and thus could be useful targets for
helping human addicts.
The Washington researchers have discovered some of the genes that allow
zebrafish to regrow their tail fins, which could one day
help humans regrow damaged body parts.