Small but impressive zebrafish by Ludmila Martinicka

Scientists believe, that little zebra fish, that originally comes from South-eastern Himalayan region, could help them to find cures for human diseases. Tiny black-and-white striped zebrafish, also called zebra danio, has the systems similar to humans. Now several kinds of zebrafish can be seen all around the world. Most of people knows them as zebra danio, the aquarium fish. There are several colour varieties of the fish. The sea ones has also sister group native to the fresh water rivers and streams of southwest Asia, they are also brightly coloured and known as aquarium fish worldwide. Some of them were just recently discovered in inland areas of Myanmar and don't have scientific names yet. Four-year grant about $1.53 million is dedicated to research about zebrafish by National Institutes of Health. The team will create a specialized camera, that will enable the scientist more detailed study of the zabrafish's cells. An associate professor of molecular and cellular physiology, Jay Hove is working on the camera that would improve the studies of the movements of cells and fluid in the real time. This is not the only research of the zebrafish. Many scientists and scientific teams are studying these interesting creatures. The zebrafish has comparable organs and tissues with humans such as heart, kidney, pancreas, bones, and cartilage, despite of the fact, that genetically is different. Researches already made about zebrafish were focused on the illness like Parkinson's Disease, or cellular research, research about birth process. Several institutes with professional scientists are making projects to find the cures for human beings and bringing impressive knowledge.

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by Ludmila Martinicka for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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