NASA Sends Cells Into Space to Understand Growth and Infection

MOFFETT FIELD, Calif., (NASA) ? NASA scientists are sending three fundamental life science experiments onboard space shuttle Discovery in hopes of better understanding exactly how spaceflight affects cell growth and how cells fight off infections. Future astronauts on long-term space missions need to understand how wounds heal and cells become infected in space to prevent illnesses during space travel.

When space shuttle Discovery hurtles into orbit after its April 5 scheduled launch, in a [...]

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