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MDI Biological Laboratory

Zebrafish

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The zebrafish, a common aquarium fish, is one of nature's champions of regeneration. Scientists Viravuth P. Yin, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory and Benjamin L. King, Ph.D., of the University of Maine discovered genetic material in the cell that likely plays a part in regulating genetic circuits responsible for regeneration in highly regenerative animals by studying the early stages of heart regeneration in the zebrafish.

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