Michael Lenning, Joseph Fortunato, Tai Le, Isaac Clark, Ang Sherpa, Soyeon Yi, Peter Hofsteen, Geethapriya Thamilarasu, Jingchun Yang, Xiaolei Xu, Huy-Dung Han, Tzung K Hsiai, Hung Cao
Heart disease is the leading cause of mortality in the U.S. with approximately 610,000 people dying every year. Effective therapies for many cardiac diseases are lacking, largely due to an incomplete understanding of their genetic basis and underlying molecular mechanisms. Zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) are an excellent model system for studying heart disease as they enable a forward genetic approach to tackle this unmet medical need. In recent years, our team has been employing electrocardiogram (ECG) as an efficient tool to study the zebrafish heart along with conventional approaches, such as immunohistochemistry, DNA and protein analyses...
December 28, 2017: Sensors