This study provides valuable data on the role of Hsd17b7, a gene involved in cholesterol biosynthesis, as a potential regulator of mechanosensory hair cell function. The authors used both zebrafish ...

Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. Despite decades of research, most heart pathologies have limited treatments, and often the only curative approach is heart transplantation. Thus, ...

Researchers from Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan have revealed that environment influences social behaviors in autism. By using zebrafish that have a mutation in ube3a, a gene ...

Niigata, Japan - Researchers from Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, Japan have revealed that environment influences social behaviours in autism. By using zebrafish that have a mutation in ...

Summary: A new study shows that environment significantly affects social behavior in zebrafish carrying a mutation linked to autism. In stressful, white Styrofoam tanks, the fish displayed higher ...

Lipoprotein kinetics are a crucial factor in understanding lipoprotein metabolism because a prolonged time in circulation can contribute to the atherogenic character of B-lps (ApoB-containing ...

KANSAS CITY — For decades, scientists believed that when sensory hair cells die, they must be replaced through cell division, a fundamental process where one cell splits into two. But new research ...

As model organism-based research shifts from forward to reverse genetics approaches, largely due to the ease of genome editing technology, allow frequency of abnormal phenotypes is being observed in ...

Wilson, M. H.; Rajan, S.; Danoff, A.; White, R. J.; Hensley, M. R.; Quinlivan, V. H.; Thierer, J. H.; Busch-Nentwich, E. M.; Hussain, M. M.; Farber, S. A. Microsomal ...

Our bodies are finely tuned to time. From sleep patterns to hormone levels, internal clocks influenced by light regulate every cell. Now, scientists at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland, ...

Previous studies have shown that protein expression of DOCK7 is increased in skeletal muscle biopsies from patients with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), leading researchers from the University of ...