November 25, 2014 — Researchers from Auckland University and Duke University in North Carolina have discovered the transparent zebrafish can develop a form of tuberculosis which closely resembles the human disease.
Auckland University's Philip Crosier says they have discovered the TB bug subverts the host's normal biological processes in a similar way to how tumours promote the development of new blood vessels to enhance their own growth.
Prof Crosier says the TB-causing germs induce the formation of granulomas – small areas of inflammation in tissue – on zebrafish in an almost identical way to which they do for humans.
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