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Spinoff story
Rodent Research Contributes to Osteoporosis Treatments
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
NASA has long worked to mitigate bone loss caused by visits to space. Ames Research Center worked with Amgen Inc., a Thousand Oaks, California-based biotechnology company, to test a series of new osteoporosis treatments on mice in microgravity, in the hopes of helping astronauts and the earthbound alike. The results obtained on the missions supported studies on Earth that resulted in Prolia, a new bone treatment drug, and other drugs still in development.