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Space Radiation Research Fights Cancer on Earth
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
Protecting astronauts from space radiation exposure is important, so Johnson Space Center funded research into using certain segments of DNA to estimate radiation damage. After it proved successful, Promega Corp. in Fitchburg, Wisconsin, used the technique to create its OncoMate MSI Dx Analysis System diagnostic test which is used to customize cancer treatment.