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Medical research on the International Space Station might have won Philippoussis Wimbledon
 
6 July 2001

Persistent knee problems cropping up at the most inconvenient times, such the one that has prevented Mark Philippoussis playing at Wimbledon this year, may become a thing of the past thanks to artificial cartilage developed through research planned by the European Space Agency on the International Space Station (ISS).
 
 
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