MDI Biological Laboratory has been awarded a $12 million federal grant to aid in researching the aging process and the regrowth of human body parts. MDI Lab researchers will use the $12 million to study progeria — a rare disease that causes accelerated aging in children — to learn more about normal aging. They will examine heart and limb regeneration in the axolotl, a salamander with extraordinary regenerative powers, to see how regeneration might be induced in humans. The regulation of gene aging will also be studied, officials said. Read more.
MDI Biological Laboratory gets $12M grant to study aging, body-organ regrowth
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