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Miniature livers will fly aboard the International Space Station in an upcoming study on whether microgravity can encourage the growth of healthy tissue with an ample blood supply.
Growing tissues in laboratory dishes on Earth can be challenging, in part because gravity pulls cells into contact with the bottom of a plate or dish. Gravity also puts cells under shear stress because, to keep the cells suspended as they grow, their dish needs to be agitated. In nature, after all, organs emerge in a developing embryo as it floats in amniotic fluid in the womb, or in the fluid cushion provided by an egg.
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