Stem cell therapy is poised to change how many diseases are treated and even entire organs may one day be grown in labs before surgical implantation. Some scientists suspect that a gravity-free environment may promote the growth of stem cells, and even the organs they may differentiate into. To test this hypothesis, a team from Mayo Clinic is planning to send up a laboratory to the International Space Station to compare how stem cells grow in space while the same cells are grown in a lab on Earth.
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