title: Microgravity cultivation of cells and tissues.
abstract: In vitro studies of cells and tissues in microgravity, either simulated by cultivation conditions on earth or actual, during spaceflight, are expected to help identify mechanisms underlying gravity sensing and transduction in biological organisms. In this paper, we review rotating bioreactor studies of engineered skeletal and cardiovascular tissues carried out in unit gravity, a four month long cartilage tissue engineering study carried out aboard the Mir Space Station, and the ongoing laboratory development and testing of a system for cell and tissue cultivation aboard the International Space Station.
authors.affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Freed
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Pellis
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Searby
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: de Luis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Preda
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bordonaro
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vunjak-Novakovic
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019149:Bioreactors; D002356:Cartilage; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D046508:Culture Techniques; D004867:Equipment Design; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000166:cytology*; D012399:Rotation; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014893:Weightlessness; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation