James Godwin, Ph.D., with axolotl (IMAGE)

MDI Biological Laboratory

James Godwin, Ph.D., with axolotl

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A team of scientists led by James Godwin, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, has come a step closer to unraveling the mystery of why salamanders can regenerate while adult mammals cannot with the discovery of differences in molecular signaling that promote regeneration in the axolotl, a highly regenerative salamander, while blocking it in the adult mouse. Godwin is pictured here with a tank containing an axolotl.

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