Patent ID: 7655832

Claim:
A method of simultaneously screening at least two candidate agents for activity affecting regeneration of an embryonic teleost, comprising: a) amputating a fin of each of at least two embryonic teleosts to create amputated teleosts; b) incubating the amputated teleosts each with one of the at least two candidate agents for a specified period of time; c) imaging each of the amputated teleosts after said specified period of time; and d) comparing the images of each of the amputated teleosts to an image of an amputated teleost that was incubated for said specified period of time in the absence of the at least two candidate agents, wherein a difference in the morphology between the fin of an embryonic teleost that was incubated in the presence of a candidate agent and the morphology of the fin of the embryonic teleost that was incubated in the absence of said candidate agent indicates said candidate agent affects regeneration.