Scaffold-based bone tissue engineering in microgravity: potential, concerns and implications.

ABSTRACT: One of humanity's greatest challenges is space exploration, which requires an in-depth analysis of the data continuously collected as a necessary input to fill technological gaps and move forward in several research sectors. Focusing on space crew healthcare, a critical issue to be addressed is tissue regeneration in extreme conditions. In general, it represents one of the hottest and most compelling goals of the scientific community and the development of suitable therapeutic strategies for the space environment is an urgent need for the safe planning of future long-term manned space missions. Osteopenia is a commonly diagnosed disease in astronauts due to the physiological adaptation to altered gravity conditions. In order to find specific solutions to bone damage in a reduced gravity en

SUBMITTER: Mochi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9617896 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature