PUBLICATION

In vivo drug discovery in the zebrafish

Authors
Zon, L.I., and Peterson, R.T.
ID
ZDB-PUB-050203-5
Date
2005
Source
Nature reviews. Drug discovery   4(1): 35-44 (Review)
Registered Authors
Zon, Leonard I.
Keywords
none
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Drug Design*
  • Drug Evaluation, Preclinical/methods
  • Humans
  • Models, Animal*
  • Toxicity Tests/methods
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/physiology*
PubMed
15688071 Full text @ Nat. Rev. Drug Discov.
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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Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
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