Killifish and aging research

[gwand]

Study involving turquoise killifish pinpoints key mechanism of brain aging

Aging and neurodegeneration are both known to disrupt the production of functional proteins in cells—a process called "proteostasis," or protein homeostasis. Brain cells in particular fall prey to proteostasis disruptions, which are linked to the accumulation of protein aggregates in...

medicalxpress.com

 

[GaryE]

Sometimes we don't take what people can learn from aquariums seriously, but one of the people who spotted the potential of Notho killies for research was a guy I knew on a forum for killiekeeprs (actually, a list serve, which was what came before forums). He's a medical researcher who had a great love of killiekeeping, and at one point years ago he realized what he was watching happen with his older annuals...

 

[Back in the fold]

Nothobranchius furzeri is a beautiful fish but I’ve never heard them called The Turquoise Killifish . @GaryE are you talking about Tyrone ?

 

[GaryE]

Nothobranchius furzeri is a beautiful fish but I’ve never heard them called The Turquoise Killifish . @GaryE are you talking about Tyrone ?

Tyrone Gennade, a great killie guy.