The zebrafish as a tool to identify novel therapies for human cardiovascular disease

Over the past decade, the zebrafish has become an increasingly popular animal model for the study of human cardiovascular disease. Because zebrafish embryos are transparent and their genetic manipulation is straightforward, the zebrafish has been used to recapitulate a number of cardiovascular disea...

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Main Authors: Aarti Asnani, Randall T. Peterson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Company of Biologists 2014-07-01
Series:Disease Models & Mechanisms
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Online Access:http://dmm.biologists.org/content/7/7/763