January 20, 2023 Columns by Ed Tobias Could the Key to New MS Treatments Be in Outer Space? As you read this, a group of scientists is doing multiple sclerosis (MS) research high above the earth. Their laboratory is in orbit about 250 miles up, aboard the International Space Station. Working with researchers at the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF), astronauts have been helping…
September 22, 2022 Columns by Benjamin Hofmeister Uncomfortable Liminal Spaces: When We’re Caught Between Here and There Every time I find myself in a multistory building, I end up on an elevator. Itās not as though Iām too lazy to take the stairs ā well, OK, I am lazy ā but in this case, itās because my wheelchair wonāt climb one, much less a flight of them.
December 5, 2019 News by Alejandra Viviescas, PhD 3D Nerve Cell Models of PPMS, Parkinson’s Ready for Liftoff to Space Station for Long-term Study in Microgravity The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and Aspen NeuroscienceĀ will send three-dimensional brain cell models of primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS)Ā and Parkinsonās disease to the International Space Station (ISS) for the…
November 22, 2019 Columns by Jamie Hughes Making (and Appreciating) Space As an MS patient (and an insatiable polymath), Iām always on the lookout for new information. Recently, I learned about an interesting concept in Japanese culture called “Ma,” and ever since, Iāve been trying to work out how I can incorporate more of it into…
August 6, 2019 News by Ana Pena PhD Research Underway on Space Station Looking at Cellular Triggers of MS and Parkinson’s An ongoing experiment at the International Space Station may help identify triggers for multiple sclerosis (MS) andĀ Parkinson’s disease by studying how nerve cells and immune cells interact when exposed to microgravity. Using patient-derived cells, researchers will study the way nerve cells grow, survive, and change their gene…
October 25, 2018 News by Alice MelĆ£o, MSc Stem Cells from MS, Parkinson’s Patients Voyaging to Space Station to Study Disease Impact on Brain in Microgravity Stem cellsĀ from patients with Parkinsonās diseaseĀ and primary progressive multiple sclerosis (PPMS) are soon to voyage into space, and be brought aboard the International Space Station so cell-to-cell interactions in these neurodegenerative diseases can be studied withoutĀ gravitational forces acting on them. This research project, proposed to launch in May…