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SUBMITTER: White RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2292119 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cell stem cell 20080201 2
The zebrafish is a useful model for understanding normal and cancer stem cells, but analysis has been limited to embryogenesis due to the opacity of the adult fish. To address this, we have created a transparent adult zebrafish in which we transplanted either hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells or tumor cells. In a hematopoiesis radiation recovery assay, transplantation of GFP-labeled marrow cells allowed for striking in vivo visual assessment of engraftment from 2 hr-5 weeks posttransplant. Usi ...[more]