I came across this neat video from Mayo Clinic researcher Dr. Michael Romero, a comparative physiologist interested in how the kidneys work. In this video he describes discoveries made in zebrafish that relate to human kidney function:
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Thanks for sharing this video Dr. Dolittle. It is a interesting discovery.
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