US researchers to grow human stem cells in space

December 26, 2013

Researchers in the US are sending human stem cells to the International Space Station (ISS) to study whether they grow faster in space. Dr Abba Zubair of the Cell Therapy Laboratory at Mayo Clinic in Florida has received a USD 300,000 grant to observe whether human stem cells, which are found in bone marrow, do in fact grow at a greater rate in space than on Earth. (Business Standard)