Ngan F. Huang Lab
Ngan F. HuangCells, matrices and engineered environments for vascular and muscle regeneration.
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Microgravity
Using altered gravity as an experimental context for engineered muscle models.
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Core background
Cells, Matrices, and Regeneration
Case study: engineered skeletal muscle in microgravityReconstruct Kim et al. Figures 2–5: Earth controls, microgravity and drug groups; propose an onboard gravity control as future work.
Supports: Microgravity
Important papers
2024
Skeletal muscle-on-a-chip in microgravity as a platform for regeneration modeling and drug screening
Kim, Ayan, Shayan, Rando and Huang
Why this matters: Compares engineered muscle models under altered gravity with careful model and translation limits.
DOI: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2024.06.010