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Zebrafish
The zebrafish: belongs to the minnow family and is a freshwater fish. The zebrafish live in the Himalayan region, and are one of the most popular aquarium fish.
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JUN 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Adults typically produce billions of new blood cells every day.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 04, 2018Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common congenital defect, yet scientists still struggle to understand why they occur. A new s ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 24, 2018Cardiology
The development of the Zebrafish has revealed the blueprint for the chambers of our human heart. The discovery has revea ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 13, 2018Videos
Take a tour of the Johns Hopkins Zebrafish Facility with some of the researchers that use these fish as a model organism ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 09, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to identify both the type of cell and its ancestry, for every cell in an organism.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Eerie and distinctive, the smell of a dead body comes mainly from small molecules known as diamines, products of degrada ...Written By: Daniel DuanFEB 07, 2018Neuroscience
Researching some neurological conditions can be difficult. Diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Chronic Tr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 22, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish don't seem to have a lot in common with people, but they make an excellent research model.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2017Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge ...DEC 13, 2017Videos
Autism is a growing concern in neuroscience. With the latest numbers at 1 in 68 children in the United States being impa ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2017Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and ...DEC 02, 2017Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou ...Written By: Kara MarkerNOV 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Multi-MAP (Multiplexed-alignment of Molecular and Activity Phenotypes), enabled scientists to observe activity in many d ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 21, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have learned more about a genetic disorder that affects the liver, revealing potential new therapeutic avenue ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Many women in their early pregnancies are hesitant to take medications for fear that they may endanger their baby. Howev ...OCT 03, 2017Microbiology
Researchers have been looking for ways to image brain activity in animals that are not only alive but behaving normally ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 27, 2017Cardiology
As far as regenerating damaged heart tissue, zebrafish have it all figured out. With heart disease being the leading cau ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 30, 2017Immunology
The bacteria that cause leprosy manipulate the immune system to infect the body and cause nerve damage. Until now, littl ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 29, 2017Microbiology
New work by researchers at the University of Cambridge has provided insight into how tuberculosis infections get a footh ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 28, 2017Videos
In this video from the Koch Institute at MIT, you can see work that won an Image Award for 2017. The image was generated ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 23, 2017Cardiology
Self-driving cars? How about self-healing heart cells? For a while scientists have been looking for ways to help heart c ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 14, 2017Cardiology
Some organisms have strong regenerative abilities, but humans are not among them. However, recent exploration of a regen ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 18, 2017Immunology
Zebrafish have something incredible to offer us: their ability to regenerate tissue. Past studies have also explored the ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUL 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
This new data on a rare disease could help diagnose the disorder in new patients, and has led researchers to test new tr ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Adults typically produce billions of new blood cells every day.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 04, 2018
Cardiology
Heart defects are the most common congenital defect, yet scientists still struggle to understand why they occur. A new s
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 24, 2018
Cardiology
The development of the Zebrafish has revealed the blueprint for the chambers of our human heart. The discovery has revea
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 13, 2018
Videos
Take a tour of the Johns Hopkins Zebrafish Facility with some of the researchers that use these fish as a model organism
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have found a way to identify both the type of cell and its ancestry, for every cell in an organism.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Eerie and distinctive, the smell of a dead body comes mainly from small molecules known as diamines, products of degrada
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
FEB 07, 2018
Neuroscience
Researching some neurological conditions can be difficult. Diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and Chronic Tr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 22, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Zebrafish don't seem to have a lot in common with people, but they make an excellent research model.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2017
Cancer
One of the biggest surprise findings from the completion of the Human Genome Project was that only 1.5 percent of our ge
...
DEC 13, 2017
Videos
Autism is a growing concern in neuroscience. With the latest numbers at 1 in 68 children in the United States being impa
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2017
Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and
...
DEC 02, 2017
Cardiology
If human heart cells could regenerate the way salamander or zebrafish cells can, then perhaps cardiovascular disease wou
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
NOV 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Multi-MAP (Multiplexed-alignment of Molecular and Activity Phenotypes), enabled scientists to observe activity in many d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 21, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have learned more about a genetic disorder that affects the liver, revealing potential new therapeutic avenue
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Many women in their early pregnancies are hesitant to take medications for fear that they may endanger their baby. Howev
...
OCT 03, 2017
Microbiology
Researchers have been looking for ways to image brain activity in animals that are not only alive but behaving normally
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 27, 2017
Cardiology
As far as regenerating damaged heart tissue, zebrafish have it all figured out. With heart disease being the leading cau
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 30, 2017
Immunology
The bacteria that cause leprosy manipulate the immune system to infect the body and cause nerve damage. Until now, littl
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 29, 2017
Microbiology
New work by researchers at the University of Cambridge has provided insight into how tuberculosis infections get a footh
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 28, 2017
Videos
In this video from the Koch Institute at MIT, you can see work that won an Image Award for 2017. The image was generated
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 23, 2017
Cardiology
Self-driving cars? How about self-healing heart cells? For a while scientists have been looking for ways to help heart c
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 14, 2017
Cardiology
Some organisms have strong regenerative abilities, but humans are not among them. However, recent exploration of a regen
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 18, 2017
Immunology
Zebrafish have something incredible to offer us: their ability to regenerate tissue. Past studies have also explored the
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUL 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
This new data on a rare disease could help diagnose the disorder in new patients, and has led researchers to test new tr
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch