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“Mammalian reproduction in space is possible”: Japanese scientists grow mouse embryo for the first time on board the ISS

“Mammalian reproduction in space is possible”: Japanese scientists grow mouse embryo for the first time on board the ISS

On board the International Space Station, which orbits the Earth at an altitude of about 400 kilometers above the planet’s surface, scientists have for the first time cultivated and grown mouse embryos in microgravity. The results of the experiment, designed and led by molecular biologist Teruhiko Wakayama of Yamanashi University, showed that mouse embryos can, […]