Shedding light on human kidney function via zebrafish study

Researchers say the discovery of how sodium ions pass through the gill of a zebrafish may be a clue to understanding a key function in the human kidney. The findings from a collaboration between Mayo Clinic and the Tokyo Institute of Technology appear in the online issue of the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology. The researchers discovered a protein responsible for gas exchanges in the fish gill structure. via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..