🚀 NASA Scientist Reveals How "Tissue Chips" Could Revolutionize Medicine (Student-Led Podcast Highlights!)
"Imagine testing drugs on mini versions of YOUR organs before taking them!"
High schooler Kyle Benjamin sat down with NASA's Dr. Lisa Carnell to explore how tiny 3D-printed human tissues in space could unlock personalized medicine on Earth. Here’s why this is groundbreaking:
🔬 What Are Tissue Chips?
Thumb-sized replicas of human organs (heart, liver, nerves) grown from your cells
Simulate blood flow, immune responses & drug reactions better than petri dishes
Already used to study COVID-19, Alzheimer’s, and astronaut health
🌌 Why Send Them to Space?
✔ Microgravity accelerates aging/disease processes (great for research!)
✔ Future missions will test deep-space radiation effects before humans go to Mars
✔ Could create personalized medical kits for astronauts (and eventually Earth patients)
💡 The Future?
→ Cancer treatment plans tailored to your tumor’s behavior
→ Drug trials without risking lives
→ "Lab in a doctor’s office" where they grow your tissue for testing
"This isn’t sci-fi—it’s happening NOW," says Dr. Carnell, who helped develop tech now used in pacemakers. Her "eureka" moment? Watching stem cells turn into neurons under a microscope!
#FutureOfMedicine #SpaceScience #TissueEngineering #NASA #StemCells #PersonalizedMedicine #SciencePodcast
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