UW News
Cathy Yeung
April 18, 2019
Video: Soon, kidneys-on-a-chip will rocket to space station
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UW scientists are sending a kidney-on-a-chip experiment into space. At an altitude of 250 miles, astronauts will help study how reduced gravity in space affects kidney physiology.