Sentences with phrase «humans helps zebrafish»
Researchers discovered a gene also found in humans helps zebrafish convert water motion into electrical impulses that are sent to the brain for perception.
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Human tumor cells (red) growing in a zebrafish embryo may help doctors choose how to treat cancer patients.
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.
«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..»
On this website you can learn about how zebrafish can help us understand human diseases and how to develop treatments for them.
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.