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Artificial Organs To Be Studied On International Space Station

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Scientists on the International Space Station will soon begin using organs-on-chips research. Five projects will tackle five different issues in hopes of making medical breakthroughs. According to Geek.com, the experiments cover the immune system, the brain, musculoskeletal disease, and the kidneys. When it comes to predicting the effects of a drug on the human body, animal and 2D cell culture models don’t always cut it. But conducting biomedical investigations in microgravity allows researchers to study cells in more detail than they can in a terrestrial lab.

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