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English: A small device that contains human cells in a 3D matrix represents a giant leap in the ability of scientists to test how those cells respond to stresses, drugs and genetic changes. About the size of a thumb drive, the devices are known as tissue chips or organs on chips.

A series of investigations to test tissue chips in microgravity aboard the International Space Station is planned through a collaboration between the National Institutes for Health (NIH) (National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) at the National Institutes for Health (NIH) and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) in partnership with NASA. The Tissue Chips in Space initiative seeks to better understand the role of microgravity on human health and disease and to translate that understanding to improved human health on Earth.

Read more about the Tissue Chips in Space Initiative: https://ncats.nih.gov/tissuechip/projects/space

More: https://www.nasa.gov/tissue-chips

Follow updates on the science conducted aboard the space station on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iss_research

For more information on how you can conduct your research in microgravity, visit https://go.nasa.gov/2q84LJj.