The heart is the first organ formed during mammalian development. A properly sized and functional heart is vital throughout the entire lifespan. Loss of cardiomyocytes because of injury or diseases ...

Zebrafish can fully regenerate their myocardium after ventricular resection without evidence of scars. This extraordinary regenerative ability provides an excellent model system to study the ...

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

The adult zebrafish heart exhibits a remarkable capacity to regenerate after ventricular resection 138 or cryoinjury-induced myocardial infarction. 139 – 141 The cryoinjury model triggers similar ...

Humans can't regenerate heart muscle damaged by disease, but scientists have long known that some animals, such as zebrafish, can.Researchers have now ...

Inside every muscle cell, there’s a clock. Not the kind that ticks on your wall or buzzes on your wrist, but a natural timekeeping system that helps your body stay in rhythm. This clock controls when ...

The US Environmental Protection Agency is offering up lab animals like zebrafish and rats for adoption as it begins ...

Lizards, zebrafish, salamanders and tritons can regrow a tail, a fin, or even an entire limb after amputation. Cut a planarian into pieces, and you will end up with a bunch of them. Researchers at the ...

Pervasive presence of microplastics in the environment adversely affects plants, animals, and humans. But what is ...

Through two ongoing research projects with the University of Malta, the non-governmental organisation Beating Hearts Malta (BHM) is looking to make huge strides for cancer patients' quality of life ...

The heart is the body's hardest-working muscle. Whether you're awake or asleep, or exercising or resting, your heart is always at work. It pumps blood through arteries to deliver oxygen to organs ...

The zebrafish (Danio rerio) has emerged as a pivotal vertebrate model in biomedical research, occupying a unique position at the intersection of developmental biology, disease modeling, and ...