All Posts:zebrafish

• Dual Role of a Protein in Driving Bone Cancer in Children Discovered

  Scientists at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have uncovered a new dual function for a well-known cancer-related protein called ezrin. This finding could potentially open the door to new treatments for osteosarcoma, the most common bone cancer in children and young adults, as well as other cancers that are ezrin-dependent.

  Category: News Release Tags: bone cancer, ezrin, osteosarcoma, zebrafish

• Zebrafish Research Strengthens Students’ Interest in STEM

  (April 26, 2019) — Participating in high-impact studies, peering into a fluorescence microscope and tracking cancer cells in animal models are all things Eric Glasgow, PhD, never had an opportunity to do when he was in college, much less high school. “Even though I always knew I wanted to be a scientist, I was barely […]

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical research, community outreach, education, STEM, zebrafish

• Little Minnow Provides Big Insights into Human Health

  A 10-minute documentary featuring Georgetown and other leading researchers describes how the silver-and-black-striped zebrafish provides a biomedical research model that is helping to advance human medicine.

  Category: GUMC Stories Tags: biomedical research, cancer, zebrafish