Space-grown lettuce could help astronauts avoid bone loss (IMAGE)

American Chemical Society

Space-grown lettuce could help astronauts avoid bone loss

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This lettuce produces a bone-stimulating hormone that could help stave off bone loss in space and on Earth.

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Kevin Yates

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