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 ...

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 ...

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.

– 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 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 ...

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 ...