Microgravity simulations with human lymphocytes in the free fall machine and in the random positioning machine.
The purpose of this paper is to present the results obtained in our laboratory with both instruments, the FFM [free fall machine] and the RPM [random positioning machine], to compare them with the data from earlier experiments with human lymphocytes conducted in the FRC [fast rotating clinostat] and in space. Furthermore, the suitability of the FFM and RPM for research in gravitational cell biology is discussed.
Schwarzenberg
M
M
Space Biology, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.
Pippia
P
P
Meloni
M A
MA
Cossu
G
G
Cogoli-Greuter
M
M
Cogoli
A
A
D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006112:Gravitation; D006801:Humans; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008940:Mitotic Index; D012399:Rotation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D014893:Weightlessness; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods