SPACE BIOLOGY · DRUG DISCOVERY
The hidden biology
microgravity finally
lets us see.
Space conditions unlock disease behaviour Earth’s gravity keeps hidden. Standardized experimental conditions translate those findings into new treatments on Earth.
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Why microgravity
Gravity has been hiding the answers.
On Earth, gravity governs how cells grow, how tissue ages and how disease progresses, masking mechanisms that only surface once that constraint is removed. In microgravity, cells self-organise into physiologically faithful 3D structures, ageing and inflammatory markers shift on a compressed timeline, and disease models behave closer to how they do inside a patient.
OHTS captures that behaviour under fully standardized, repeatable conditions, turning an environmental anomaly into a controlled variable researchers can actually use.
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Discovery areas
Six areas where microgravity changes the picture.
ONCOLOGY
Tumour cells build real 3D architecture in orbit, and the resistance programmes that kill patients run faster.
/discovery/oncology
LONGEVITY
Spaceflight engages most of the twelve hallmarks of ageing in months, an acceleration not possible on Earth.
/discovery/longevity
NEURODEGENERATION
Neural organoid models under conditions that accelerate disease-relevant pathology.
/discovery/neurodegeneration
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Cells self-assemble and soft constructs hold their shape: orbit is both a better place to grow therapeutic cells and the only place to build tissue that would collapse on Earth.
/discovery/regenerative-medicine
CARDIOVASCULAR
Cardiac and vascular tissue models: cardiomyopathy, arrhythmia and blood-related endpoints.
/discovery/cardiovascular
RADIATION
Radiation-response models relevant to both spaceflight risk and Earth-based oncology.
/discovery/radiation
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Work with us
You bring the question.
We find the answer in space.
Bring your research question. Exobiosphere handles model design, mission integration, flight and data delivery.