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.
Space station experiment targets Parkinson's
Aerospace America ; 55 , 8
2017
Article (Journal)
English
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