Detail View: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection: NASA Bioreactor Demonstration System
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Name of Image:
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NASA Bioreactor Demonstration System
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Full Description:
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Leland W. K. Chung (left), Director, Molecular Urology Therapeutics Program at the Winship Cancer Institute at Emory University, is principal investigator for the NASA bioreactor demonstration system (BDS-05). With him is Dr. Jun Shu, an assistant professor of Orthopedics Surgery from Kuming Medical University China. The NASA Bioreactor provides a low turbulence culture environment which promotes the formation of large, three-dimensional cell clusters. Due to their high level of cellular organization and specialization, samples constructed in the bioreactor more closely resemble the original tumor or tissue found in the body. The Bioreactor is rotated to provide gentle mixing of fresh and spent nutrient without inducing shear forces that would damage the cells. The work is sponsored by NASA's Office of Biological and Physical Research. The bioreactor is managed by the Biotechnology Cell Science Program at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC). NASA-sponsored bioreactor research has been instrumental in helping scientists to better understand normal and cancerous tissue development. In cooperation with the medical community, the bioreactor design is being used to prepare better models of human colon, prostate, breast and ovarian tumors. Cartilage, bone marrow, heart muscle, skeletal muscle, pancreatic islet cells, liver and kidney are just a few of the normal tissues being cultured in rotating bioreactors by investigators. Credit: Emory University.
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Date of Image:
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2002-07-02
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Category:
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Biotechnology
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term:
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OBPR
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facet_what:
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Cancer
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facet_where:
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China
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Reference Number:
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MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C
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MIX #:
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0300081
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NIX #:
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MSFC-0300081
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MSFC Negative Number:
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0300081
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UID:
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SPD-MARSH-0300081
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original url:
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http://mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=2614
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