page_title: ISS National Lab
section_title: Immune System Responses
hierarchical_section_title: ISS National Lab / Research / Life Sciences / Research examples / Immune System Responses
caption_attribution_description: English: Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAIDEspañol: Micrografía de un linfocito T humano (también llamado célula T) del sistema inmune de un donador sano
context_page_description: The ISS US National Lab, commonly known as the ISS National Lab, is a US government-funded national laboratory established in 2005 by the 2005 NASA Authorization Act. With principal research facilities located in the United States Orbital Segment of the International Space Station, the Laboratory conducts research in life sciences, physical sciences, technology development and remote sensing for a broad range of academic, government and commercial users. Of the 270 payloads that the Center for the Advancement of Science in Space has sent to the ISS, 176 have been for commercial companies including Merck, Novartis, Eli Lilly and Company, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, Honeywell, and Procter & Gamble.
context_section_description: One study aims to find treatments for age-related illnesses by observing how microgravity affects T-cells, the type of white blood cells responsible for immune responses. In low gravity, T-cells only activate around half as often or less than the control samples, indicating a reduced ability to fight infection. Because living in microgravity accelerates the same type of problems that old age does, this researcher is interested in determining the earliest point at which T-cells become different in space.
caption: Human T Cell
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