The Tumor Oracle: How a Startup is Using the ISS to Outwit Cancer

https://issnationallab.org/upward/8-2-encapsulate-biotech-cancer/ The matte-gray box resembles a lunchbox except that you half expect steam to hiss out when the lid cracks open. It doesn’t hint at its contents: cloned tumors nestled inside clear chambers—miniature versions of real patients’ cancers, arranged like seedlings in a hydroponic tray. This tumor-on-a-chip system is a diagnostic device that sends microtumors into space to forecast how the cancer will respond to chemotherapy before the patient ever takes a dose. Space Station Research Informs New FDA-Approved Cancer Therapy https://www.nasa.gov/missions/station/iss-research/space-station-research-informs-new-fda-approved-cancer-therapy/