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Space 4 Healthcare: Microgravity Applications in Biotechnology
This lecture explores the use of microgravity platforms for biotechnology production and applications, focusing on the advantages of key attributes of microgravity for investigating features of terrestrial life and physical processes that cannot be manipulated on Earth. It discusses the challenges in biomanufacturing, pharmacology, drug discovery, and tissue engineering on Earth, and how space production can offer solutions. The lecture also covers the successful production of organoids in microgravity, the benefits of using microgravity as a tool for tissue production, and the future perspectives of pharmaceutical companies in space.