Sunday, March 8, 2009

Transparent Zebrafish A Must-see Model For Atherosclerosis

ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2009) — We usually think of fish as a "heart-healthy" food. Now fish are helping researchers better understand how heart disease develops in studies that could lead to new drugs to slow disease and prevent heart attacks.

This is a zebrafish model of atherosclerosis caused by high cholesterol diet. (Credit: UCSD School of Medicine)

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