NEWS RELATED TO BIOBIDE

"The zefrafish heart starts to beat" (Diario Vasco)

Tuesday, 29 January 2008 17:07

Biobide launches an innovative system to test the effects of drugs on the heart. The centre, in San Sebastian will extend its activity to cancer and bones.

At the headquarters of Biobide, located in the Miramon Technology Park, live tens of thousand of zebrasfish. These tropical animals, whose genome has many similarities with that of humans, are the heart that sustains this biotechnology centre. They "test" the drug components for the fifteen scientist who work there assessing side effects before they

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