Drug Could Repair Microgravity
@...@Health Damage
turns out microgravity can even affect your cell structure// An experiment on station looked at structural and genetic changes in breast carcinoma© cells under physical stresses, such as surface tension and gravity// Running autonomously in a Kayser Italia chamber under different conditions, the cells changed their cytoskeleton shape when exposed to microgravity but appeared to recover it after being exposed to normal gravity again//
@...@ **With our experimental setup we are not able to assess if these modifications are permanent,** wrote project manager Alessandro Palombo, who is with Sapienza ©University of Rome, in an e~mail to Discovery News// **Anyway, preliminary results, obtained in our lab,
demonstrated that MCF~7 cells, exposed to simulated
microgravity in a Random Positioning Machine, recovered their original profile when replaced in a normal gravity environment//**
demonstrated that MCF~7 cells, exposed to simulated
microgravity in a Random Positioning Machine, recovered their original profile when replaced in a normal gravity environment//**