ISS: Leveraging Microgravity to Study Immunomechanics in Cancer-Myeloid Organoids — NSF Award to University of Notre Dame (IN, $40
The unique low gravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS) offers advantageous opportunities for gaining new insights into human health and disease. On Earth, diseases such as cancer are often studied in flat layers of growing cells that do not reproduce the complex, three-dimensional behavior of human
| Award title | ISS: Leveraging Microgravity to Study Immunomechanics in Cancer-Myeloid Organoids |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2425684 |
| Awardee | University of Notre Dame |
| City | NOTRE DAME |
| State | IN |
| Amount obligated | $400,000 |
| Principal investigator | Meenal Datta |
| Program | Special Initiatives |
| Start date | 09/15/2024 |
| Abstract | The unique low gravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS) offers advantageous opportunities for gaining new insights into human health and disease. On Earth, diseases such as cancer are often studied in flat layers of growing cells that do not reproduce the complex, three-dimensional behavior of human physiology. This award supports research to grow three-dimensional models of the brain cancer on the ISS in order to better mimic how these tumors form within the brain, and to st |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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