Optics meeting tips: Internal fingerprints, no cell left behind, 3-D reality
...er light safely penetrated all the way through the zebrafish embryo and yielded highly detailed images (400-nanometer resolution) of its interior, enough to discern important cell features such as the neural tubes, structures which later develop into the spinal cord, spine, and brain. Never has any laser-base...Jefferson scientists use zebrafish to show effects of ionizing, UV radiation differ in development
...llege and their co-workers compared the effects on zebrafish embryos of two types of radiation ionizing radiat...he sensitivity of the embryos. "We found that the zebrafish were very sensitive to the mid-blastula transition, the point in development in which the embryo goe...Jefferson scientists unlocking secrets of cholesterol transport in body
...ntestines. When this association was disrupted in zebrafish embryos, they absorbed a cholesterol "analog" more poorly. The scientists also found a similar close association of these proteins in mouse intestinal cells not found in other cells. When the team treated mice that were fed a high fat Western diet ...Zebrafish: Drug discovery of a different stripe holds promise in COX research
...nnsylvania School of Medicine have discovered that zebrafish produce enzymes analogous to the two human cycloox...However, these systems have their limitations. The zebrafish promises to play a complementary role in which both biology and the role of drugs can be investigate...Glow-in-the-dark zebrafish helping Jefferson scientists uncover cholesterol genes
...Biochemists at Jefferson Medical College are using zebrafish that glow to identify potential cholesterol-proces..., biochemically speaking, digestion in transparent zebrafish embryos. The embryos are helping the scientists find genes that regulate lipid processing. By ident...