As part of this effort, Xu and her team discovered that growing stem cells under «
simulated microgravity» for a few days stimulates the production of cardiac muscle cells, several times more effectively than regular conditions.
Cardiomyocytes produced with the help of
simulated microgravity.
Previous studies have found that mouse and zebrafish embryos do not develop properly in
simulated microgravity.
But the team found that in
simulated microgravity, 91 of the genes did not turn on.
A set of crucial immunity genes do not turn on in
a simulated microgravity environment, suggest the results of a new study.
The longest study yet of bacteria in
simulated microgravity found that their adaptations remained even when researchers tried to erase them.
It used past NASA funding to test a prototype and several commercial 3D printers during two hours worth of stomach - churning aircraft dives meant to
simulate microgravity.
Millie Hughes - Fulford, a medical professor at the University of California, San Francisco, US, and her team subjected human immune cells to a device that
simulates microgravity.
Madhan Tirumalai at the University of Houston in Texas placed E. coli cells in a rotating vessel to
simulate microgravity for 1000 bacterial generations, after which they had gained 16 genetic mutations.
But Velardo hopes to try it out soon aboard a parabolic aircraft flight that
simulates the microgravity found in orbit.
Not exact matches
Some of the seeds were allowed to grow in the ISS's
microgravity environment, others were grown inside a centrifuge to
simulate Earth's gravity.