Two MMSF-funded researchers were highlighted on CTV News this week for their work with tropical fish in regenerative medicine.

Dr. Devi Atukorallaya and Dr. Benjamin Lindsey are leading research efforts at the new Rady Biomedical Fish Facility at the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, part of the University of Manitoba.  

The state-of-the-art facility houses around 2,000 zebrafish and 250 Mexican tetras, two fish that have regenerative abilities. The researchers hope to unlock these abilities in humans, with the possibility of regrowing teeth or repairing body parts after injury.

Dr. Atukorallaya received MMSF funding in 2017 for her project, “Zebrafish Ethmoid Bone Provides New Insights to Human Cleft Palate Development.” And in 2019, Dr. Lindsey received MMSF funding for his project, “Immune Cell Regulation of Neural Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Repair in a Zebrafish Model.”

To learn more about their research, read the CTV News article.

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