Kate Rubins, NASA (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

Kate Rubins, NASA

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The Heart Cells investigation uses human skin cells that are induced to become stem cells, which can then differentiate into any type of cell. Researchers forced the stem cells to grow into human heart cells, which NASA astronaut Kate Rubins cultured aboard the space station for one month.

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