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Article: Astrogenetix Teams with NASA to Use Microgravity to Develop New Medicines
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- August 25, 2009
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Wireless News
08-25-2009
Astrogenetix Teams with NASA to Use Microgravity to Develop New Medicines
Type: News
Along with supply and equipment cargo bound for the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 will carry an additional scientific payload being conducted by Austin-based Astrogenetix, the first commercial space company to use microgravity to discover the foundation of new medicines.
In a release, the group noted that specifically, research will be conducted on Staphylococcus aureus and Salmonella microbes in search of a potential target for a therapeutic agent or vaccine candidate. These bacterial microbes are known to cause hundreds of thousands of medically ...