Growing Bone in Space: UCLA and CASIS Announce Pioneering Collaborative Study to Test Therapy for Bone Loss on the International Space Station

Center for Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) awarded grant funding to UCLA for stem cell researchers to send rodents into space to test new therapy for prevention of bone loss. Research has enormous translational potential for astronauts in space flight and patients on Earth with osteoporosis or other bone loss problems from disease, illness or trauma.

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