"The astronauts are carrying 'completely functional' organ chips: organelles composed of bone marrow made from each astronauts' cells. This is the first time we're going to have crew with their matched organ chips."
"By using bone marrow cells - which are particularly vulnerable to radiation - to produce the chips, researchers are maximizing the chance that we'll see biologic differences."
"NASA also kicked duplicates of the astronauts' organ chips up to the International Space Station, in order to compare deep space radiation with low Earth orbit radiation."
NASA's Artemis II mission features astronauts carrying living mini-organs made from their own bone marrow. This 10-day journey will take them farther from Earth than any previous humans. The organ chips are designed to study the effects of solar and cosmic radiation on human biology. By using bone marrow cells, researchers aim to observe biological differences due to radiation exposure. Duplicates of the organ chips are also sent to the International Space Station for comparative analysis of radiation environments.
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