Observations made in animal models (e.g., zebra fish or mice) require translation to humans to provide useful insights into human disease.1-3 Drugs identified in screens of potential new drugs can be tested in clinical studies.1 Potential new therapies from screens for specific genetic causes of epilepsy may have wider application than just people with those mutations, depending on the mechanisms involved.2
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