Zebrafish on drugs
In the November 21 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Peterson et al. describe a screen for chemicals that can be used to interfere with, and time, developmental events in zebrafish (Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 2000, 97:12965-12969). Zebrafish eggs were arrayed three to a well in 96-well plates, along with one of 1,100 synthetic small molecules. The developing embryos were screened once a day for three days for defects in the central nervous system, the cardiovascular system, pigmentat
Nov 22, 2000
In the November 21