The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is an essential model organism in biomedical research, favored due to its genetic similarity to humans and cost-effective maintenance. With approximately 75% of its genome ...

UC Berkeley and Caltech researchers identified a gene circuit in zebrafish that allows heart regeneration after injury. Using ...

University at Buffalo researcher Viviana Monje and colleagues awarded $1.2 million grant to study how popular aquarium fish ...

The zebrafish, a well-established model organism in basic biomedical research, has also become tractable for numerous applications in drug discovery, from phenotypic screens to testing for toxicity.

In vertebrate retinas, specialized photoreceptors responsible for color vision (cone cells) arrange themselves in patterns ...

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has emerged as a powerful vertebrate model for studying kidney development and regeneration due ...

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 were partly chosen for the research because around 80% of genes associated with human diseases have a corresponding orthologue -- a gene in a different species that evolved from a common ...

Zebrafish are the perfect species to study electrical communication. Thanks to their transparent embryos, "we can image electricity flowing through cells in real time," said Rachel Lukowicz ...

UB researchers are studying if zebrafish, a popular aquarium fish whose genetic and physiological makeup is similar to humans, might be key to unlocking new treatments for kidney stones and gout. The ...