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Why are scientists trying to manufacture organs in space?

  • Written by Alysson R. Muotri, Professor of Pediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California San Diego
imageThis Bioculture System will let biologists learn about how space impacts human health by studying cells grown in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station. NASA/Ames Research Center/Dominic Hart

Gravity can be a real downer when you are trying to grow organs.

That’s why experiments in space are so valuable. They have...

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