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For over three decades, the zebrafish has advanced preclinical biomedical research: hundreds of individuals can be studied simultaneously, and even whole-brain activity can be recorded in living animals. Its limitation, however, ...
Aug 28, 2025
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Zika virus (ZIKV) infection is a major public health concern, particularly due to the severe brain development defects it can cause in fetuses when pregnant women are infected. One of the most serious outcomes is microcephaly—a ...
May 28, 2025
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Muscle cells contain their own circadian clocks and disrupting them with shift work can have a profound impact on aging, according to new research.
May 5, 2025
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Researchers at University College Dublin (UCD) have discovered that a mutation in a gene called emc1 causes major vision problems in zebrafish. Zebrafish with this mutation had poorly developed eye cells, weaker responses ...
Jan 8, 2025
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A new study by researchers in Sweden shows that an injection of a solution of nanoparticles around the heart can cause a temporary heart stimulator to self-assemble and correct heart arrhythmia in emergency situations with ...
Aug 27, 2024
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Tiny, transparent fish have made it possible for Macquarie University neuroscientists to observe damaging protein clusters forming in real time, opening the way for testing potential early interventions for motor neuron disease ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Using zebrafish as a model, investigators have determined a suitable combination of chemical compounds in which to store hearts, and potentially other organs, when frozen for extended periods of time before transplantation.
Oct 2, 2023
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Deep inside our cells— each one complete with an identical set of genes— a molecular machine known as PRC2 plays a critical role in determining which cells become heart cells, vs. brain or muscle or skin cells.
Sep 26, 2023
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Researchers at Lund University and Gothenburg University have successfully developed temporary, organic electrodes that can be seamlessly integrated into biological systems. The method, now published in Nature Communications, ...
Aug 21, 2023
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Melanocytes are a small subset of epidermal cells that play an outsize role in protecting your skin from the damaging effects of sun exposure. They do this by synthesizing melanins, which are pigments sent to other skin cells ...
Jul 14, 2023
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