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Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a method to produce and repeatedly harvest pharmaceuticals from living plants under space-like conditions.
University of California San Diego, California, United States
Who
engineers at the University of California San Diego, Patrick Opdensteinen, Maziar Ghazinejad's lab
What
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a method to produce and repeatedly harvest pharmaceuticals from living plants under space-like conditions.
When
Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:30:25 GMT · 4h 6m ago
Where
University of California San Diego, California, United States ·
Why
Currently, medications degrade faster in space, and resupply missions are not an option for deep-space travel, making medical emergencies catastrophic.
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This new method could enable astronauts to grow their own medicines on long-duration space missions, dramatically changing the feasibility of extended interplanetary travel.
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