A heart attack will leave a permanent ... as a model organism for studying embryonic development of vertebrates. Scientists like zebrafish because they can be propagated by the thousands quickly ...

Previous studies on heart development provided either static snapshots over time ... the researchers turned to the humble zebrafish. Zebrafish fertilize their eggs externally and rapidly develop ...

Researchers, policymakers, and innovators around the world are taking steps to tackle the problem at its source. Scientists ...

Understanding the functions of Notch in cardiac development has implications for understanding congenital and adult heart disease, and shows potential for developing new therapeutic strategies for ...

Very little was known about how they affect blood cell development until now. Red blood cells are essential for carrying oxygen throughout the body. In this study, zebrafish embryos exposed to ...

Zebrafish, with their transparent bodies, rapid development, and genetic similarities ... for high-resolution imaging of organs such as the heart, brain, and liver. The computer-vision-based ...