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According to the International Diabetes Federation, one in nine adults worldwide—which amounts to nearly 590 million people—are living with #diabetes.  #Ax4, currently scheduled to launch to the International Space Station next week, will carry an investigation that could not only open access to space for more people but also lead to improvements in diabetes monitoring and care in remote areas on Earth: https://ow.ly/HkLO50W3CGr

According to the International Diabetes Federation, one in nine adults worldwide—which amounts to nearly 590 million people—are living with #diabetes.

#AX4, currently scheduled to launch to the International Space Station next week, will carry an investigation that could not only open access to space for more people but also lead to improvements in diabetes monitoring and care in remote areas on Earth: ow.ly/HkLO50W3CGr
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The International Space Station (ISS) National Laboratory

Solving some of the world’s most pressing challenges through space-based research.

Where? In space.
Low Earth orbit (LEO), approximately 250 miles above the Earth.

Research in Space Benefits Humanity

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EXPLORE RESULTS FROM RESEARCH CONDUCTED IN SPACE

Upward Volume 8, Issue 1 Available Now

In this issue’s cover story, learn how ISS research could lead to a groundbreaking new treatment for macular degeneration. Other features highlight how microgravity manufacturing can improve therapeutic nanomaterials to treat disease and how space-based studies are helping to advance regenerative therapies to reverse heart damage.

Photo documentation of the Materials ISS Experiment Flight Facility (MISSE-FF) platform aboard the International Space Station.

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National Lab research announcements (NLRAs) seek proposals that advance R&D in key areas with demonstrated potential to develop into sustainable markets and benefit humanity.

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