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.