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Press Release July 6, 2014
"Your fingernails are to claws what a clitoris is to a penis. It's just not the same."
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Press Release July 4, 2014
A study led by Deborah Kimbrell, Ph.D., at the University of California, Davis and her collaborators, suggests that normal gravity or hypergravity on the space station may help mitigate some of the biological problems in organisms living in space.
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Press Release June 25, 2014
University encourages student participation in video profiles which generate interest in medical research.
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Press Release June 19, 2014
Four compelling results from the research performed aboard the International Space Station were recognized June 17, 2014, as awardees in the category of Most Compelling Results from the space station in 2013.
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Press Release June 19, 2014
Maria G. Castro, Ph.D. has garnered a reputation of prominence for her outstanding achievements.
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Press Release June 16, 2014
Thanks to the Microgravity Science Glovebox, those aboard the space station have safely performed experiments since 2002. A new decontamination system gives the facility the capability to host an entire additional research discipline - life science.
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Press Release June 12, 2014
RJM Group, LLC (USA), co-presents the EHA poster session, Quantification of the Time and Effort Associated with Autologous Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Mobilisation: A European Perspective.
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Press Release May 23, 2014
A panel of research experts gathered May 21 at NASA for the Destination Station: International Space Station Science Forum to highlight the direction for life and physical sciences aboard the International Space Station.
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Press Release May 23, 2014
NASA has housing in the works to provide living quarters for groups of mice and rats in prime real estate aboard the space station. The rodent research system enables researchers to study the long-term effects of microgravity on mammalian physiology.
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Press Release May 22, 2014
Dr. Weiss coordinates departmental operations at the Stony Brook University Medical Center.
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Press Release May 22, 2014
Glenda D. Smith ensures that the needs of women, children and the elderly are being met.
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Press Release May 21, 2014
Researchers recently made use of the microgravity environment aboard the space station for the Microgravity on Human Thyroid Carcinoma Cells study, with the hope to reveal answers that will help in the fight against thyroid cancer.
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Press Release May 19, 2014
Holiday Inn Express & Suites London Downtown is one of the top destination properties in London and FANS International Hospitality Group is a growing global hospitality consultancy company.
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Press Release May 18, 2014
The splashdown of SpaceX's Dragon spacecraft on May 18 concludes the company's third contracted resupply mission to the International Space Station, assisting scientists who have investigations returning to Earth complete their analyses.
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Press Release May 16, 2014
Grammon to serve Aerobiology's mountain region clients.
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Press Release May 14, 2014
Fiona Gaye Davies-McConchie develops innovative technologies to address otherwise intractable and serious environmental problems.
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Press Release May 5, 2014
Ms. Ray excels in her role with Temple University
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Press Release May 5, 2014
Recent research studies have shown that fish oil can help the heart, stomach and immune system.
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Press Release May 2, 2014
How do plants sense "up" and "down" where those relative positions don't exist? Biotube-MICRO, recently launched to the space station for study, will help scientists understand how gravity guides plants into growing correctly.
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Press Release May 1, 2014
A free, Web-based guide based on science on the space station is being re-released through Scholastic and Sony Pictures as curriculum for educators to leap on the excitement surrounding the release of the film, "The Amazing Spider-Man 2."
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