Plants Could Be Used to Grow Medicines in Space, Study Shows
June 05, 2026
June 05, 2026
LA JOLLA, California, June 5 -- The University of California San Diego campus posted the following news:
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Plants Could Be Used to Grow Medicines in Space, Study Shows
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Astronauts on long space missions may one day use plants to produce fresh stocks of medicines on demand, thanks to new research by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The team developed a simple method to grow and repeatedly harvest pharmaceuticals from pla . . .
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Plants Could Be Used to Grow Medicines in Space, Study Shows
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Astronauts on long space missions may one day use plants to produce fresh stocks of medicines on demand, thanks to new research by engineers at the University of California San Diego. The team developed a simple method to grow and repeatedly harvest pharmaceuticals from pla . . .