Appetite Suppressants Identified Using Zebrafish Larva and Fluorescent Prey

Scientists in Switzerland and the U.S. have developed a drug discovery platform for psychoactive drugs that exploits the behavior of zebrafish larvae. The high-throughput approach, initially focused on identifying new appetite-suppressants, is designed to help discover compounds that have the most potent effects on desired zebrafish larva behavior—in this case feeding—while simultaneously weeding out compounds that affect other behaviors that are suggestive of side effects.In studies