For first time scientists grow mouse embryos in space saying new study

Scientists have grown vegetables in the International Space Station (ISS), but their goal is more than this. Scientists are working in this direction, so that breeding can be made possible for humans in space. Japanese scientists have got a big success in this direction. A group of scientists has said that they have developed the mouse Embryos in the international space station. This indicates that it may be possible for humans to breed in space. In August 2021, a team of Professor Teruhiko Wakayama of Yamanashi University’s Advanced Biotechnology Center and a team of Japan Aerospace Space Agency (JXA) sent mice frozen fetus to ISS in August 2021 with the help of a rocket.

After reaching the space, the fetus was normally normalized through a particular instrument and then developed them at the space station for 4 days.

NDTV’s Report According to, it has been published in a journal called ISCIENCE. In this, researchers have said that gravity had no significant impact on the fetus. When the blastocysts of fetus were tested in the lab on the earth, it was found that there was no significant change in the DNA and gene position of the fetus.

Japan’s Yamanashi University and the National Research Institute said in a statement that this is the first study that shows that mammals may be able to flourish in space. This is the world’s first study, with mammalian embryos in ISS culture.

However, Study says that in the future it will have to be seen when the cultureist in microgravity will be transplanted into mice, whether mice will be born or not. This study can be important for future space missions.