Johns Hopkins Medicine: Low Gravity in Space Travel Found to Weaken and Disrupt Normal Rhythm in Heart Muscle Cells
September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Sept. 25 (TNSres) -- Johns Hopkins Medicine issued the following news release:
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in space weakened the tissues and disrupted their normal rhythmic beats when compared to earth-bound samples from the same source.
The scientists said the heart tissues "real . . .
Johns Hopkins Medicine scientists who arranged for 48 human bioengineered heart tissue samples to spend 30 days at the International Space Station report evidence that the low gravity conditions in space weakened the tissues and disrupted their normal rhythmic beats when compared to earth-bound samples from the same source.
The scientists said the heart tissues "real . . .