Space Economy May Spur Medicine, Health Advances, Experts Say

JAXA’s Koichi Wakata installs the Osteogenic Cells experiment. It examines whether bone loss in microgravity is restricted to a particular osteogenic or bone-forming cell type.
 

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—There is growing enthusiasm for conducting medical research and development in the microgravity environment of low Earth orbit, participants in a future in space economic presentation say. The prospect for a commercial foothold in the realm will rise with the advent of future commercial...

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