title: Tissue engineering in space.
abstract: The purpose of this paper is to present the status of that part of the [Microgravity Application Program] project related to the study of cartilage formation from pig chondrocytes. The work carried out so far followed two lines: (i) chondrocytes were incubated for up to three weeks in the RPM; (ii) a module developed for in-vitro cartilage formation will be tested in a sounding rocket flight (MASER 9, November 2001).
authors.affiliation: Space Biology, ETH Zurich.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Conza
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mainil-Varlet
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Rieser
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kraemer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bittmann
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huijser
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van den Bergh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cogoli
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D002356:Cartilage / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D019902:Chondrocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D004867:Equipment Design; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D013026:Space Flight / Q000295:instrumentation*; D013552:Swine; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D014893:Weightlessness; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation