A public school partnership that aims to increase interest in science among young students is in New York City for the first time this year. Mount Sinai's Black Family Stem Cell Institute is hosting BioEYES at schools across East Harlem. tvjessi reports.
At PSMS 108, Mount Sinai's school program coordinator Auset Taylor introduced sixth grade students to genetics, using zebrafish. Described as a"model organism," zebrafish eggs hatch within one week of breeding. The project allows students to see the growth cycle from start to finish.
BioEYES chose zebrafish because they share 70% of human DNA. Students track which traits the new fish take on, much like Mount Sinai's own researchers. Unlike humans, though, zebrafish have some special abilities beyond our own. The Black Family Stem Cell Institute is working to find ways to fight ailments that disproportionately affect the Black community, like diabetes and high cholesterol.
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