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Jul 2026
Spaceflight multi-omics reveals vulnerabilities of human germ cell development
An automated bioreactor was utilized that supported long-term differentiation of human embryonic stem cells into human induced primordial germ cells, human induced ovarian follicles, and human induced spermatogonial stem cells aboard spacecraft and demonstrated preserved genomic integrity despite these functional perturbations.
Ying Li, Hui Gao, Jie Xiong et al.
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