The scientist helping to develop the axolotl as a model
The axolotl, or Mexican salamander (Ambystoma mexicanum), is nature’s champion of regeneration. Prayag Murawala, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, is leading the effort to establish the axolotl as a laboratory model for the study of human regeneration. Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory With its amazing capacity to regenerate tissues and organs,…