How are zebrafish used for research into human development and health? Doctors Marnie Halpern and Steve Farber, researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science's Department of Embryology ...

The goal of experimental embryology seems rather simple: to manipulate embryos in systematic ways to elucidate mechanisms of development. Such manipulation involves variations in three main ...

Cell competition corrects noisy Wnt morphogen gradients to achieve robust patterning in the zebrafish embryo. Nature Communications , 2019; 10 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-019-12609-4 Cite This Page : ...

Zebrafish larvae may possess some primitive counting ability just days after hatching. Several animals, including honeybees and salamanders, have been shown to have some form of numerical skill.

The research reflects a new approach to modeling the possibilities for human regeneration using highly regenerative organisms like the zebrafish. At its inception, the unprecedented work relied on an ...

– A team of scientists will study if zebrafish, a popular aquarium fish whose genetic and physiological makeup is similar to humans, could unlock new treatments for kidney stones and gout. The tiny ...

If a zebrafish’ spine is injured, the damaged neurons respond by dramatically changing their cellular functions. They take on a new and central role in orchestrating the very precise events that ...

Zebrafish are only a few centimeters long, but they’ve got some supersized powers. When their hearts or brains are damaged, they regenerate. When their fins are cut off, they grow back.

They discovered that the protein Hmga1 plays a key role in heart regeneration in zebrafish. In mice, this protein was able to restore the heart by activating dormant repair genes without causing ...