[HTML][HTML] In vivo drug discovery in the zebrafish
LI Zon, RT Peterson - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2005 - nature.com
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The zebrafish has become a widely used model organism because of its fecundity, its
morphological and physiological similarity to mammals, the existence of many genomic tools
and the ease with which large, phenotype-based screens can be performed. Because of
these attributes, the zebrafish might also provide opportunities to accelerate the process of
drug discovery. By combining the scale and throughput of in vitro screens with the
physiological complexity of animal studies, the zebrafish promises to contribute to several …
morphological and physiological similarity to mammals, the existence of many genomic tools
and the ease with which large, phenotype-based screens can be performed. Because of
these attributes, the zebrafish might also provide opportunities to accelerate the process of
drug discovery. By combining the scale and throughput of in vitro screens with the
physiological complexity of animal studies, the zebrafish promises to contribute to several …
Abstract
The zebrafish has become a widely used model organism because of its fecundity, its morphological and physiological similarity to mammals, the existence of many genomic tools and the ease with which large, phenotype-based screens can be performed. Because of these attributes, the zebrafish might also provide opportunities to accelerate the process of drug discovery. By combining the scale and throughput of in vitro screens with the physiological complexity of animal studies, the zebrafish promises to contribute to several aspects of the drug development process, including target identification, disease modelling, lead discovery and toxicology.
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