In SpaceX’s latest launch of their Falcon 9 rocket early Sunday morning, the crew’s payload included stem cells for research on how to grow tissues in space.
The cells were provided by the Seattle-based Allen Institute to researchers at Cedars-Sinai to send the first-ever heart and brain organoids to be grown in space, according to a release from the Allen Institute.
Scientists say the organoids will be used aboard the International Space Station to research treatment for diseases, including ALS and Parkinson’s
The Falcon 9 launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 2:45 a.m. ET Sunday and it is SpaceX’s 33rd commercial resupply mission, NASA says.
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