ABC7 / Fox 22 interviews MDI Biological Laboratory scientist Voot P. Yin, Ph.D., about MSI - 1436, a drug candidate that has been shown to stimulate the regeneration of heart muscle tissue in zebrafish and mice. (mdibl.org)
The study, which was conducted by James Godwin, Ph.D., of the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, found that the formation of new heart muscle tissue in the adult axolotl after an artificially induced heart attack is dependent on the presence of macrophages, a type of white blood cell. (mdibl.org)
They described how the drug candidate, MSI - 1436, regenerates heart muscle tissue in zebrafish and mice in the journal Regenerative Medicine. (mdibl.org)