Washington, April 18 (ANI): A new study has highlighted the importance of zebrafish as a model organism for human disease research.

Washington, Feb 1 (ANI): University of Alberta researchers believe zebrafish may hold the answer to repairing damaged retinas and returning eyesight to people.

Washington, December 6 (ANI): Scientists have turned to the zebrafish to find a new way to investigate mechanisms at work in Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases.

Washington, December 1 (ANI): Zebrafish males and females both perform colourful courtship displays, researchers say.

Washington, July 7 (ANI): Researchers including one of Indian origin are now using Zebrafish, which are popular as aquarium fish, in research labs as a model organism for studying human diseases.

Washington, July 6 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a gene whose mutation results in malformed faces and skulls as well as mental retardation.

Washington, June 8 (ANI): Researchers have shown that a bioinspired robotic fish could attract live zebrafish when put to swim together in a water tank.

Washington, May 18 (ANI): Zebrafish could hold the key to understanding the underlying causes of psychiatric disorders, say scientists.

Washington, May 17 (ANI): Using zebrafish, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have identified genes responsible for head size at birth.

London, May 3 (ANI): Researchers have come up artificial muscles that mimic the colour-changing ability of squid and zebrafish.

Washington, Apr 18 (ANI): New green-glowing zebrafish could make understanding the damage that pollution causes to both wildlife and human health much easier, researchers say.

London, Feb 27 (ANI): A scientist in New Zealand has turned to zebrafish in an effort to find out why some females are attracted to older males, and is spending thousands of dollars on the study.

Washington, Feb 24 (ANI): It is known that when a fish get injured it releases a mysterious substance that researchers call Schreckstoff - meaning "scary stuff" in German - causing the rest of the school to flee.

Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have undertaken a new study to understand how zebrafish regenerate damaged retinas after injury, which may help suggest new strategies for one day being able to do the same in humans.

London, Nov 26 (ANI): After almost three decades of thorough research, scientists claim to have finally discovered the secret behind how some animals can regenerate amputated limbs or damaged organs, by studying the zebrafish.

Washington, Sept 3 (ANI): Scientists have identified a hormone which helps birds and fish to re-grow hair cells in the ear damaged as a result of loud noise, and restore hearing.