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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 ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. – 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 ...
While scientists knew that zebrafish neurons survive spinal cord injury, this new research shows how. [Related: A primitive part of the zebrafish brain helps them find their way home.] ...
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 ...
Zebrafish are unassuming and undemanding. Almost every child knows that – at least any child that has kept fish in an aquarium. Since the beginning of the 20th century, these fish have been one of the ...
Pictured here is a group of cells moving toward its correct final position in the tail of a forming zebrafish embryo. Cell membranes are green and the cell nuclei red.
Zebrafish aboard China's Tiangong space station are doing well in orbit, according to an update on the experiments.
Zebrafish Research at Purdue University We are a group of Purdue faculty using zebrafish in our research. Our research interest covers a wide variety of topics, including cancer, development, disease ...
That’s the hope of researchers at Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids who are conducting groundbreaking cancer studies using Zebrafish, small, minnow-like freshwater fish which are native to ...
Scientists from Australia have successfully bioengineered genetically modified fruit flies and zebrafish capable of absorbing toxic mercury and releasing it back into the environment in a less ...
Emerging contaminants from rubber tires N-(1,3-Dimethylbutyl)-N'-phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD) and its oxidation product 6PPD-quinone (6PPDQ)-are raising new red flags for aquatic ecosystems.
The fish are part of the country's first in-orbit aquatic ecological research project. The four zebrafish China sent to its space station are thriving after spending almost a month in orbit ...