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The University of Alabama at Birmingham is accelerating spatial biology research with announcement of $160,000 worth of ...

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Heart cells grown in space showed stronger survival, better function, and boosted healing traits. Spaceflight changed key ...

Chunhui Xu and her team leveraged the ISS National Laboratory ® for cardiac cell research to accelerate the development of cell-based regenerative therapies that could one day reverse heart damage.

Fibrosis is an affliction wherein cells produce excess fibrous tissue. Fibroblast cells do this to close wounds, but the process can cascade in unwanted places. Examples include cardiac fibrosis; ...

The cells in human bodies are subject to both chemical and mechanical forces. But until recently, scientists have not ...