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Microgravity

NASA / MSFC · 1998-10-10 · photograph (digital archive)

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Isolation of human mammary epithelial cells (HMEC) from breast cancer susceptible tissue. Isolate of long-term growth human mammary epithelial cells (HMEC) from outgrowth of duct element; cells shown soon after isolation and early in culture in a dish. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is sponsoring research with Bioreactors, rotating wall vessels designed to grow tissue samples in space, to understand how breast cancer works.

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Credit lineMicrogravity. NASA/MSFC, 1998-10-10. Public domain. ID: 0004390.

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