Visualization of skull bone growth in live zebrafish (Image by Camilla Teng)

Year: 2018

Zebrafish make waves in our understanding of a common craniofacial birth defect

  • Author By lytal
  • Publication date October 30, 2018
  • Categories: News

Children are not as hard-headed as adults—in a very literal sense. Babies are born with soft spots and flexible joints called sutures at the junctions where various sections of their skull bones meet. If these sutures fuse prematurely, the skull cannot expand to accommodate the child’s growing brain—a serious birth defect called craniosynostosis that can…Continue Reading Zebrafish make waves in our understanding of a common craniofacial birth defect