Brain cells remain healthy after a month on the International Space Station, but mature faster than brain cells on Earth

Dec 17, 2024

Microgravity is known to alter the muscles, bones, the immune system and cogni tion, but little is known about its specific impact on the brain. To discover how brain cells respond to microgravity, scientists sent tiny clumps of stem-cell derived brain cells called 'organoids' to the International Space Station.