Space & PhysicsFebruary 4, 2019
Tiny Organs in Orbit
Cultured human lung, heart and kidney cells flying onboard the International Space Station could reveal much about aging and disease
Stories by Christopher P. Austin
Christopher P. Austin, MD, is the director of the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a developmental neurogeneticist. He serves as the liaison to NASA for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the NIH.