In one of many direct Earth applications (click here) of International Space Station research, the newest Benefits for Humanity video in the Benefits series
highlights how high-quality crystals grown in microgravity lead to new
therapeutics for disease. Learn how the investigation of protein
crystals in space is helping to treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD),
an incurable genetic disorder affecting the muscles with onset usually
in early childhood and primarily in young males....
