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**Cigarsstoreonline** · 07-02-2008, 04:17 PM

A newly bred fish bares all in the lab, revealing brain, heart and other internal organs in the name of research.

Scientists are breeding zebrafish with see-through bodies in order to make studying disease processes easier, including the spread of cancer.

The transparent fish, described in the Feb. 7 issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, are allowing researchers at Children's Hospital Boston to directly view fish's internal organs and observe processes such as tumor growth in real-time in living organisms. Scientists Create See-Through Fish, Watch Cancer Grow | LiveScience

**CealialactBek** · 07-02-2008, 04:18 PM

Wow...

**Fvmfrctt** · 08-02-2008, 12:12 PM

why don't they just use glass catfish or indian glass fish

**flower-buy** · 10-02-2008, 12:59 PM

why don't they just use glass catfish or indian glass fish

Thinking the same here, blind cavefish or glass catfish are already transparent...

07-02-2008, 04:17 PM	#1
Cigarsstoreonline Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 336 Senior Member	Scientists Create See-Through Fish, Watch Cancer Grow A newly bred fish bares all in the lab, revealing brain, heart and other internal organs in the name of research. Scientists are breeding zebrafish with see-through bodies in order to make studying disease processes easier, including the spread of cancer. The transparent fish, described in the Feb. 7 issue of the journal Cell Stem Cell, are allowing researchers at Children's Hospital Boston to directly view fish's internal organs and observe processes such as tumor growth in real-time in living organisms. Scientists Create See-Through Fish, Watch Cancer Grow \| LiveScience Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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Fvmfrctt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 421 Senior Member	why don't they just use glass catfish or indian glass fish Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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10-02-2008, 12:59 PM	#4
flower-buy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 377 Senior Member	why don't they just use glass catfish or indian glass fish Thinking the same here, blind cavefish or glass catfish are already transparent... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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