As people age, muscles naturally lose mass and strength, a condition known as sarcopenia. The decline can make everyday activities harder and increases the risk of falls, disability and early death.

Gabby Voit at UWM studies zebrafish embryonic development to gain insights into human brain development and genetic mutations related to fertility issues. Her research could help understand ...

Despite swimming in different worlds, fish and humans are biologically much closer than one might think. Capitalizing on this kinship, researchers have now used zebrafish embryos to come up with a ...

Species: Zebrafish, Danio rerio Genome size: ~1.41 billion base pairs The zebrafish (Danio rerio) is a widely used genetic, developmental, and disease model organism because of the near-effortlessness ...