According to Stanford Medicine, microplastics and their smaller counterparts, nanoplastics, are everywhere - from our food to our water to our clothes and even the air we breathe. While research ...

New research used the highly regenerative zebrafish to investigate the timing and genetic programs of macrophages, a type of white blood cell, in the repair and regeneration of a zebrafish sensory ...

Philadelphia, September 20, 2023 – Zebrafish have revolutionized research into a wide variety of rare and complex genetic diseases. In early development stages, their transparent bodies allow ...

Scientists uncover how zebrafish switch between cell division and direct differentiation to rebuild sensory organs, challenging long-held views on tissue regeneration. Study: Stem and progenitor cell ...

A fully automated in vivo screening system offers a promising new tool for efficient and reliable drug evaluation. A team of researchers from Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China) have developed a ...

Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a widely used vertebrate animal for modeling genetic diseases by targeted editing strategies followed by gross phenotypic and biomarker characterization. While larval ...

Preclinical drug evaluation, especially for cardiotoxicity, is a critical stage in the drug development process. Traditional methods, often relying on in vitro assays or manual manipulation of animal ...

Learn more about nanoplastics and how easily they can get into the bloodstream of zebrafish, resulting in buildup in the brain and reproductive organs. According to Stanford Medicine, microplastics ...

KANSAS CITY, MO—September 20, 2022—How the immune system responds to injury in many organs and tissues allows and enables their repair and regeneration. Yet for some species like humans, damage to ...