10.03.2020Producing Human Tissue in Space

The University of Zurich has sent adult human stem cells to the International Space Station. With this innovative concept Prof. Oliver Ullrich and Dr. Cora Thiel from the UZH Space Hub will explore the production of human tissue in weightlessness. Weightlessness as a tool is being used, because physical forces such as gravity influence how stem cells differentiate and how the formation and regeneration of tissue is organized.

The experiment will be conducted together with Airbus Defence and Space in a mobile mini-laboratory, the CubeLab module of the US company Space Tango. This approach could be of benefit for transplantation medicine and precision medicine and as an alternative to animal experiments.

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