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Medicine from Space

This story explains what we get from Space for patients on Earth.

Date: Tue, Mar 08, 2011 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

Since December ESA astronaut Paolo Nespoli is aboard the International Space Station for a long duration mission. Among his work several experiments on medicine that are helping us on the ground to better understand some physical issues and, thanks to such activities, we have now learnt useful lessons. This story explains what we get from Space for patients on Earth.

More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.esa.int/esaHS/iss.html

A WMV preview clip, the MPEG-2 files and the script can be found below.

Script:
EbS75609.doc

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