Molecule That Regulates Heart Size Developed By Using Zebrafish ...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sun, 07/12/2009 - 22:45

Using zebrafish, researchers have identified and described an enzyme inhibitor that increases the number of cardiac progenitor cells and influences the size of the developing heart.

The task was accomplished primarily because of the powerful advantages of studying embryonic development in zebrafish, vertebrates whose transparent embryos develop rapidly, are small and easy to handle and, most importantly, grow outside of the mother.

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