The secret to running repairs

By Bridie Smith
Updated February 8 2013 - 8:08am, first published 3:00am
James Godwin at Monash University's Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute with a Mexican walking fish.
James Godwin at Monash University's Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute with a Mexican walking fish.

THEY are masters at regenerating their own limbs, tails, jaws, retina and heart. They can recover from spinal chord and brain injury and can easily tolerate organ transplants. And to top things off, they don't get cancer. Meet the axolotl, otherwise known as the Mexican walking fish..