Using zebrafish "Avatars", an animal model developed by the Cancer Development and Innate Immune Evasion lab at the Champalimaud Foundation (CF), led by Rita Fior, Mayra Martínez-López – a former PhD ...

Nager syndrome (NS) is an extremely rare disease that causes developmental problems and anomalies in facial bone structures and limbs. While the causative gene is known, its underlying mechanisms ...

Dr. Jason Berman looking at a zebrafish model on the computer screen. New research shows that pre-clinical zebrafish models are an effective tool to help guide clinical decision-making in real time ...

The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine is now home to a new zebrafish research facility. Researchers will use ...

Behind the closed doors of a modern research lab, rows of small tanks glow softly under controlled lights. Inside them swim ...

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.

When scientific acronyms no longer need to mean anything at all, you get ZFIN (for Zebrafish Model Organism Database?). No, no, I kid—ZFIN stands for ZebraFish Information Network, and for that I ...

A common lab fish is helping autism research take a more targeted turn The fish are only a few days old, barely beyond the larval stage, and yet their movements can hint at something much larger. A ...

Given that the developmental processes of zebrafish facial structure is similar to human, they can be leveraged as a low-cost and readily available animal model for exploring the underlying molecular ...