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

A study led by Prof. Liu Feng from the Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has identified a crucial role ...

Since the experiment began in 2022, scientists have overcome challenges like pollination and grain filling in microgravity.

Transgenic animals continue to play an essential role in many aspects of zebrafish research, including the development of disease models. The most widely used system for zebrafish transgenesis is the ...

Red blood cells are essential for carrying oxygen throughout the body. In this study, zebrafish embryos exposed to polystyrene nanoparticles showed an increase in immature RBCs and a decrease in ...

Bone can heal itself, but not always in the ways we expect. Some animals regrow entire limbs. Others, like humans, can only ...

Previous studies have shown that protein expression of DOCK7 is increased in skeletal muscle biopsies from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), leading researchers from the University of ...

Stunning images from the UChicago community highlighted research on areas ranging from telescopes to trilobites.