This year saw another increase in the use of fish in animal experiments, according to the latest Home Office report. A large proprotion of these used GM zebrafish, which are evidently an increasingly popular animal in biomedical research.

Animalresearch.info has some interesting information on the use of zebrafish in experiments.

Looking back through the headlines RDS has picked up, there have been some interesting breakthroughs thanks to zebrafish - just in the past few months research has hinted at a cure for Huntington’s disease, offered hope for children with Menkes disease, and given us more understanding of hearing disorders.

It’s good to know, that even with this increase, there’ll still be vital consideration given to the environment of the fish - as a previous blog entry can attest!

For more information on the details of the 2007 report, take a look at the RDS website.