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Heart tissue study to shuttle to Space Station

In space, an astronaut's heart works harder, and that can lead to problems. That's why Nate Sniadecki, professor of mechanical engineering and an investigator with UW Medicine's Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, and his team are sending heart tissues to the International Space Station to examine those effects, and find potential treatments or drugs to counteract those issues. The tissues were created from stem cells derived from human adult cells. "This opportunity to really kind of push the frontier for space travel is really every engineer's kind of dream," Sniadecki said. "And I think the medicine side of it is also extremely helpful on Earth too because what we discover here could potentially have treatments for counteracting aging that might happen." Scientists will be examining data from nearly 50 tissues in space, and another 50 similar tissues here on Earth. This is the first phase of the project.