Johns Hopkins Medicine: Heart Tissue Heads to Space to Aid Research on Aging and Impact of Long Spaceflights
March 08, 2023
March 08, 2023
BALTIMORE, Maryland, March 8 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release:
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers are collaborating with NASA to send human heart "tissue-on-a-chip" specimens into space as early as March. The project is designed to monitor the tissue for changes in heart muscle cells' mitochondria (their power supply) and ability to contract in low-gravity conditions.
The tissue samples will be launched into space aboar . . .
Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers are collaborating with NASA to send human heart "tissue-on-a-chip" specimens into space as early as March. The project is designed to monitor the tissue for changes in heart muscle cells' mitochondria (their power supply) and ability to contract in low-gravity conditions.
The tissue samples will be launched into space aboar . . .