Mayo Clinic to Grow Human Cells in Space: Testing Stroke Treatment
Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D, believes that cells grown in the International Space Station (ISS) could help patients recover from a stroke, and that it may even be possible to generate human tissues and...
View ArticleStem cell science in space
The SpaceX rocket carrying samples of donated adult stem cells from a research laboratory at Mayo Clinic’s Florida campus launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Feb....
View ArticleStem cells splash down from space
After nearly a month orbiting the Earth attached to the International Space Station, the SpaceX Dragon capsule containing Dr. Abba Zubair's stem cell research detached from the station and returned to...
View ArticleDiscovery’s Edge: Mayo Clinic and NASA – Exploring two frontiers
Space—with near-zero gravity, no atmosphere, and extremes of heat and cold—is an unusual and often hostile environment. But it’s also an opportunity—for medical researchers who see maladies and...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Radio: Human hibernation / vitamin D / healthy summer grilling
Since Yuri Gagarin achieved the first manned space flight in April 1961, humans have been fascinated by space travel. The world watched as Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in July 1969. Since then,...
View ArticleMayo Clinic Radio: Could humans hibernate during travel to Mars?
Since Yuri Gagarin achieved the first manned space flight in April 1961, humans have been fascinated by space travel. The world watched as Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in July 1969. Since then,...
View ArticleIn the Loop: Astrobiologist uses NASA experience in the fight against cancer
Dr. Marina Walther-Antonio arrived at Mayo Clinic with a NASA background, which she's using in her quest to find better prevention and treatment options for gynecological cancers. Marina...
View ArticleMayo Clinic y la NASA se unen para probar un algoritmo de IA en cáncer...
Mayo Clinic está trabajando con la Administración Nacional de la Aeronáutica y del Espacio (NASA, por sus siglas en inglés) para conocer la secuencia de la ruta del cáncer: desde qué lo causa hasta...
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