https://www.scienceblogs.com/ en https://www.scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2015/08/03/understanding-zebrafish-gills-is-leading-to-new-discoveries-in-kidney-function <span>How zebrafish are leading to new discoveries in kidney function</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p>I came across this neat video from Mayo Clinic researcher Dr. Michael Romero, a comparative physiologist interested in how the kidneys work. In this video he describes discoveries made in zebrafish that relate to human kidney function:</p> <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2EYuu_Ag7DM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/dr-dolittle" lang="" about="/author/dr-dolittle" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">dr. dolittle</a></span> <span>Mon, 08/03/2015 - 08:51</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/life-science-0" hreflang="en">Life Science</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/cardiovascular-disease" hreflang="en">cardiovascular disease</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/kidney" hreflang="en">kidney</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/mayo" hreflang="en">Mayo</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/zebrafish" hreflang="en">zebrafish</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2510165" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1439945472"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Thanks for sharing this video Dr. Dolittle. It is a interesting discovery. </p> <p><a href="http://creativebiolabsblog.weebly.com/">http://creativebiolabsblog.weebly.com/</a></p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2510165&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="alS_DJ2ugZhHXLNWdcg6PA-QqyiexYWB9FZtdIaBP0g"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <span lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Biolabs blog (not verified)</span> on 18 Aug 2015 <a href="https://www.scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/37015/feed#comment-2510165">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/lifelines/2015/08/03/understanding-zebrafish-gills-is-leading-to-new-discoveries-in-kidney-function%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:51:05 +0000 dr. dolittle 150323 at https://www.scienceblogs.com