An experiment launched to the International Space Station on a Dragon capsule in August 2017 for the Michael J. Fox Foundation is discussed. Researchers are searching for a drug that can bind to the faulty proteins, disabling them and potentially stop Parkinson's progression in those patients. Among them includes the Parkinson's protein of interest--dubbed LRRK2 ("LURK- two") --was shipped in a frozen state to the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, where bits of hardware about the size of Band-Aids, called Microlytic Crystal Former Optimization Chips, held fluidic samples of the protein in 16 tube-like channels; once thawed on orbit, the protein mixed with other chemicals that promote crystallization.


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    Titel :

    Space station experiment targets Parkinson's


    Beteiligte:
    Adam Hadhazy (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Aerospace America ; 55 , 8 ; 9


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2017



    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Print


    Sprache :

    Englisch



    Klassifikation :

    BKL:    55.88 Luftverkehr, Raumfahrt / 55.88
    Lokalklassifikation TIB:    770/7040



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