3D Self-Assembled Human Brain Model To Fly to the Space Station To Test Precision Medicines for Neurological Disorders

Researchers from biotechnology startup Axonis are working to help improve treatments for patients with disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s by leveraging the International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory, examining how microgravity affects the maturation of human brain cells that form 3D spheroids that mimic certain aspects of the human brain.