Researcher finds new role for zebrafish in human studies

Wednesday, May 19, 2010 - 14:32 in Biology & Nature

Michael E. Baker, PhD, a researcher at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has discovered that zebrafish - an important animal model in disease and environmental studies - could provide the means to help scientists eventually reveal the function of a mysterious enzyme linked to the steroid cortisol, and found in the human brain.

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