Zebrafish-Based Drug Discovery
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 21175
Special Issue Editor
Interests: zebrafish; pharmacology; obesity; cancer; natural product; chemical screening
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Dear Colleagues,
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) is contributing to speeding up drug discovery in a range of areas, including phenotype-based screening using disease models (so-called “zebrafish screening”), target molecule discovery, validation of the results of cell studies before clinical trials, and toxicological evaluation. As a result, many drug candidates, first-in-class drugs, and several drugs for off-label use have been discovered using zebrafish over the past 10 years. This Special Issue provides a forum to discuss zebrafish-based drug discovery from broader perspectives, including the creation of human disease models, technologies harnessing these as model organisms, and their use for drug or drug candidate identification. Review articles by experts in the field are particularly welcome.
Prof. Dr. Yasuhito Shimada
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drug screening
- disease model
- obesity
- cancer
- musculoskeletal diseases
- toxicology
- neurological disorders
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