How to measure Insulin level in Zebrafish?

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Kunal Pal

yes you can try with human insulin ELISA kit.it will surely work in serum samples.

Archisman Mahapatra

Thank you.

Jorge Morales Pedraza

I would like to suggest to read the following paper entitled "Blood Sugar Measurement in Zebrafish Reveals Dynamics of Glucose Homeostasis