The heartbeat is synonymous with life. It's one of the first essential functions to begin during development and to end at ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart's own contractions trigger biological signals that ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart’s own contractions trigger biological signals that guide the formation of a functional beating heart. Their study in zebrafish ...

Studies of zebrafish have contributed significantly to our understanding of heart development, and Dr Guerra and colleagues used this organism to explore whether there were differences in ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have discovered that the heart's own contractions trigger biological signals that ...

May 18, 2023 Zebrafish heart 60 days after injury showing the structure of the heart muscle cells have completely regenerated. [Phong Nguyen, copyright Hubrecht Institute.] ...

Scarring, or fibrosis, is typically an obstacle when it comes to regenerating a damaged human heart. However, the active fibroblasts in a damaged zebrafish heart could be key to repairing it. To prove ...

University of Otago. "Zebrafish study sheds new light on human heart defects." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 October 2015. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 10 / 151016094155.htm>.

The study finds a new role in heart regeneration for the gene Klf1, earlier identified as a factor important in red blood cell development. Klf1 can make uninjured heart muscle cells more immature ...

Bony fish like the tiny zebrafish have a remarkable ability that mammals can only dream of: if you lop off a chunk of their heart they swim sluggishly for a few days but within a month appear ...

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