The NIH zebrafish image, which was taken to understand lymphatic vessel development in the brain, merges 350 individual images to reveal a juvenile zebrafish with a fluorescently tagged skeleton ...

The skeleton, tendons, and glands of a functional jaw all derive from the same population of stem cells, ... To understand the role of Nr5a2, the scientists created zebrafish lacking this gene.

Thyroid hormone (TH) directs the growth and maintenance of tissues throughout the body during development and into adulthood, and plays a particularly important role in proper ossification and ...

An inch-long tropical fish will enjoy improved global exposure thanks to a five-year, $2.7 million grant from the National Center for Research Resources-National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded ...

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

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 ...

At the same time, after analyzing several molecular biomarkers of neuroinflammation, damage, and recovery of neurons, scientists were convinced that, unlike mammals, zebrafish are capable of full ...

Zebrafish protein unlocks dormant genes for heart repair Date: January 2, 2025 Source: Hubrecht Institute Summary: Researchers have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from ...