Mexican axolotl salamanders do not appear to have much in common with horses. However, James MacLeod, VMD, PhD at a University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center laboratory is using these amphibians' ability to regenerate and repair damaged cartilage as a research model to study equine joint cartilage. The salamander can grow an entire new limb or tail in a few months, and its cartilage cells produce many of the same matrix proteins as equine cartilage cells.
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