title: The next frontier: stem cells and the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space.
abstract: The Center for the Advancement of Science in Space (CASIS) manages the International Space Station U.S. National Laboratory, supporting space-based research that seeks to improve life on Earth. The National Laboratory is now open for use by the broad scientific community--and CASIS is the gateway to this powerful in-orbit research platform.
authors.affiliation: Chief Operating Officer, Center for the Advancement of Science in Space Communications, Melbourne, Florida.
authors.forename: Duane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ratliff
mesh_terms: D000337:Aerospace Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013026:Space Flight; D057905:Stem Cell Research; D014893:Weightlessness