Zebrafish Discovery May Shed Light on Human Kidney Function

Thursday, February 20, 2014 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Researchers say the discovery of how sodium ions pass through the gill of a zebrafish may be a clue to understanding a key function in the human kidney. The findings from a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and the Tokyo Institute of Technology appear in the online issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology.

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