Launch of the re-supply mission Space X CRS-20 from Cape Canaveral, USA on March 6, 2020: The first UZH-Airbus experiment ’Organoids in Space’ is transported to the ISS. (Image: NASA)
Launch of the re-supply mission Space X CRS-20 from Cape Canaveral, USA on March 6, 2020: The first UZH-Airbus experiment 'Organoids in Space' is transported to the ISS. (Image: NASA) UZH Space Hub and Airbus Defence and Space are sending an experiment into space on the next resupply flight to the International Space Station (ISS) with the aim of advancing the industrial production of human tissue in microgravity. The ISS will thus function as a workshop to produce miniature human tissues for terrestrial use in research and medicine. Initial preparatory tests on the ISS 18 months ago were successful. The process for the joint 3D Organoids in Space project originated from the University of Zurich (UZH) researchers Oliver Ullrich and Cora Thiel. Together with Airbus, the two pioneers in research on how gravity affects and regulates human cells have developed the process to project maturity. The Airbus Innovations team led by project manager Julian Raatschen has developed the hardware and is providing access to the International Space Station (ISS).
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