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Sunday, April 20, 2014

ScienceDaily: Top Health News

ScienceDaily: Top Health News


Immune cells to be tested on the International Space Station

Posted: 19 Apr 2014 06:00 AM PDT

The human body is fine-tuned to Earth's gravity. Scientists are now conducting an experiment on the International Space Station (ISS) to study whether this also applies to human cells. We know the effect of gravity on muscles, bones and joints inside out; it has been studied extensively in medicine for centuries. For a long time, however, exactly how gravity affects the cells remained a mystery.

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