New research from the Stowers Institute for Medical Research used the highly regenerative zebrafish to investigate the timing and genetic programs of macrophages, a type of white blood cell, in the repair and regeneration of a zebrafish sensory organ. Read more at [ Ссылка ]

In this video: At homeostasis, or before inducing hair cell death within the zebrafish sensory organs (red), macrophage cells (blue) reside both throughout the entire zebrafish as well as adjacent to the sensory organs. Two hours into the process, adjacent macrophages quickly invade the neuromast to begin the cleanup of dead cells and debris, and trigger surrounding tissues to begin replacing the dead cells.

Video Credit: Stowers Institute for Medical Research

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