Scientists headed by a team at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub San Francisco (CZ Biohub SF) reported on the development of Zebrahub, a dynamic, state-of-the-art atlas of zebrafish embryonic development.

The zebrafish has emerged as a vital model for dissecting the complex interplay between developmental processes and thyroid hormone regulation. Its transparent embryos and rapid external development ...

During the first 72 hours in particular, extracellular vesicles—nanoparticles enclosed in cell membranes—play a significant ...

Atrazine is one of the most commonly used herbicides in the United States and is frequently found in freshwater ecosystems due to agricultural runoff. Atrazine is one of the most commonly used ...

New research describes how nerve cells and muscle cells communicate through electrical signals during development -- a phenomenon known as bioelectricity. The communication, which takes place via ...

The heartbeat is synonymous with life. It's one of the first essential functions to begin during development and to end at death. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. "The ...

Researchers from The University of Melbourne published data from a study that aimed to establish a novel myopia model that would facilitate large-scale in vivo studies for investigating molecular ...

Congenital heart defects (CHD) are developmental and functional abnormalities of an infant's heart at birth. CHD are the most common type of birth defect affecting approximately 1 in every 115 babies.

A question left unanswered in a biologist’s lab notebook for 40 years has finally been explained, thanks to a little fish that couldn’t wriggle its tail. New research from the University of Oregon ...