“We expect tissue chips in space to behave much like an astronaut’s body, experiencing the same kind of rapid change.” “Spaceflight causes many significant changes in the human body,” said Liz Warren, associate program scientist at CASIS (Center for the Advancement of Science in Space). The collaboration includes sending up its final two studies – both being second flights of heart-related investigations that use tissue chips, small devices that mimic functions of human organs.Īccording to a news release, the team will test whether engineered heart muscle tissue grown in microgravity can be used as a model for heart failure to screen potential new drugs. One of the uncrewed Dragon spacecraft’s experiments will examine how the heart changes in space as part of the collaboration between the National Center for Translational Sciences at the National Institutes of Health and International Space Station National Laboratory’s Tissue Chips in Space initiative. SpaceX CRS-27 carried more than 15 ISS National Lab-sponsored payloads, including tissue chip research, advanced materials projects, technology demonstrations, and physical sciences studies, according to the ISS National Laboratory. from Launch Complex 39A on Florida’s Space Coast. The Falcon 9 rocket was able to liftoff at 8:30 p.m. – SpaceX successfully launched its 27th commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station on Tuesday evening from Kennedy Space Center.
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