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NASA says 2013 will be a year of science on the space station

Posted: January 5, 2013 at 2:43 am

WASHINGTON Right before Christmas, a Russian rocket carrying three astronauts one American, one Russian and one Canadian launched from a chilly spaceport in Kazakhstan to begin a five-month mission to the International Space Station.

Unlike many of its predecessors, this crew's job is straightforward: Do science from studying solar rays to investigating how microgravity affects fish and their bones, which could provide insight on why astronauts lose bone density while in space.

"Twenty-thirteen really promises to be a productive one," said Chris Hadfield, a Canadian Space Agency astronaut, after arriving at the outpost.

If that's true, NASA will get one step closer toward finally fulfilling the promise of the $100 billion space station that was intended to be a groundbreaking laboratory circling about 220 miles above Earth.

Though critics have questioned why it has taken so long work began on the station in 1998 NASA said the new emphasis on science and the arrival of new equipment mean the future looks bright.

"As the coming year unfolds, NASA will continue to conduct important research on the International Space Station, which continues to yield scientific benefits and provide key information about how humans may live and thrive in the harsh environment of space," NASA leaders wrote in a year-end status report.

Key is the addition of new equipment.

By next fall, NASA plans to send to the station an "Animal Enclosure Module" that will allow scientists to study the effects of weightlessness on rodents which could help doctors develop better medicines for bone and muscle ailments. The 60-pound module had flown 23 times aboard the space shuttle.

Marybeth Edeen, NASA manager of the station's national laboratory, said the rodents could be used to test drugs intended to treat osteoporosis or illnesses that degrade the muscles, such as Lou Gehrig's disease.

"A 30-day-old mouse on the station has the bone and muscle structure of a 60-to-70-year-old woman," said Edeen, adding that rapid changes brought on by weightlessness enable drug companies to quickly assess the results of experimental medicines.

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Space Station's Expedition 34 Mission in Photos

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Christmas in Space 2012: Carols and Sights

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield strums a guitar while playing Christmas carols and gazing at Earth from the International Space Station in December 2012.

An upside Christmas tree decorates the International Space Station during the Expedition 34 mission in 2012 in this photo snapped by Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield.

Christmas stockings for the six-man Expedition 34 crew decorate the International Space Station in December 2012. Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield snapped this photo: "Our stockings are hung by the Node 3 hatch with care, in hope that St Nicklaus has a big red spacesuit."

Christmas in space: NASA astronaut Kevin Ford, commander of the Expedition 34 crew on the International Space Station, wishes the world a Merry Christmas from orbit with a cosmic Christmas tree.

The six-man crew of the International Space Station (including a bearded Father Christmas) wishes Mission Control a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays on Dec. 25, 2012, during the Expedition 34 mission.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Jan. 2, 2012. He wrote: "I'm very proud to have my country's flag on the wall of the Space Station, especially in such honourable company. pic.twitter.com/MAZEJFH9"

Newly arrived Expedition 34 Flight Engineer Tom Marshburn, NASA astronaut, uses the Body Mass Measurement Device in the Zvezda service module aboard the International Space Station on Dec. 23, 2012.

Canadian Space Agency astronaut Chris Hadfield tweeted this photo on Jan. 2, 2012. He wrote: "Inside my Sleep Pod - it serves as my bedroom, recording studio, and twitter zone while on the Space Station. pic.twitter.com/Mw7FeHVB"

On the International Space Station, Expedition 34 Commander Kevin Ford plays a ukulele on Dec. 23, 2012. On Christmas, the crew members gathered to make music of the season.

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Bharat Book Presents: China Genetic Engineering Drug Industry Report, 2011-2012 – Video

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Bharat Book Presents: China Genetic Engineering Drug Industry Report, 2011-2012
For more information kindly visit on: http://www.bharatbook.com China gets a late start in developing genetic engineering drug industry, but has achieved leapfrog advance. At present, China has at least one hundred enterprises involved in genetic engineering drugs. In recent years, the compound growth rate of genetic engineering drug market in China is as high as 49%, with an average gross margin of more than 80%. However, the technology strength and efficacy of locally produced genetic engineering drugs are relatively weak. In particular, the pegylated recombinant human granulocyte colony stimulating factor (PEG-rhG-CSF) for injection of CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Limited that approved for marketing in March 2012 is the only homemade long-acting protein product. Still, due to the impetus of huge market capacity as well as a package of preferential policies, many domestic enterprises, including GeneScience Pharmaceuticals, Amoytop and Anhui Anke Biotechnology, are accelerating the industrialized research of long-acting protein drugs. Monoclonal antibody is one of the most promising genetic engineering drugs. As of May 2012, SFDA approved the marketing of a total of 18 monoclonal antibody drugs. Among these drugs, nearly 60% are foreign brands including Roche, Merck and Novartis with the combined sales accounting for three fourths of the Chinese monoclonal antibody drug market. However, with the marketing of monoclonal antibody drugs made by companies such as Shanghai CP Guojian ...

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Chemtrails, Geoengineering, Genetic engineering – Heavy dispersal over Brevard County, Florida – Video

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Chemtrails, Geoengineering, Genetic engineering - Heavy dispersal over Brevard County, Florida
14 October 2011 - Jet dispersing unknown substance over Brevard County, Florida

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Expert Phenix City Air Conditioning Repair – DnA HVAC – Video

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Expert Phenix City Air Conditioning Repair - DnA HVAC
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Air Conditioning Service in Phenix City Alabama – DnA HVAC – Video

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Air Conditioning Service in Phenix City Alabama - DnA HVAC
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Cover of DNA by The little mix – Video

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Cover of DNA by The little mix
Hey this is my new cover : DNA by the little mix 🙂 I really hope you will enjoy this cover , let me know with a comment and with a thumb up 😉 My Facebook : http://www.facebook.com

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DNA-Little Mix (Molly cover) – Video

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DNA-Little Mix (Molly cover)
DNA!! hope you guys like it:) tried to make it a little futuristic to go along with the track of the song:) http://www.facebook.com/mollyannareinold @mollyanna_ **Watch in HD**

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Little Mix – DNA (Rexorcist Remix) – Video

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Little Mix - DNA (Rexorcist Remix)
This song is for entertainment purposes only and all orginal credit goes to Little Mix. wazzup guys, this is my first mix so please check it out and drop a comment, cheers.

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Beef Talk: It's all about DNA

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Life always has been about deoxyribonucleic acid, which commonly is called DNA. Early discussions about DNA were reserved for chemistry labs. However, as our scientific endeavors increased our understanding of DNA, the concept slowly gained in popular reading, and even grade school science books thoroughly cover the topic.

More recently, technical advances have allowed even more practical uses and

applications of technologies that involve DNA. A case in point is that the beef industry now utilizes DNA technology to improve our understanding of beef animals.

To start with, cattle now can be DNA tracked. Just like people, if a cow was somewhere and she left some biological evidence of her presence, such as hair, she can be tracked. The DNA within the hair sample that was found at a previous location could be matched to the particular cow at her current location. Sounds like science fiction, but it is not.

Going even further, parentage can be determined with good probability when DNA samples are available from the potential sire and calves are anticipated to have the progeny of the sire. In fact, some animal breed registries actually require DNA sampling to determine parentage prior to registration.

Although beef registries still are predominately based on paper verification and owner authentication, it is good to know that all future pedigrees can be DNA verified. With the many vials of semen stored in liquid nitrogen around the world, past pedigrees also can be verified.

Again, this sounds like something out of science fiction, but such technology is readily available. The key to the advancement of technology is the ability to implement newer technology at the speed of commerce. Once new scientific findings can be mass produced at the speed of commerce, the marketplace will benefit from the technology.

Just like the many new devices we utilize for communicating with each other, the same is happening in the field of DNA. As beef producers, we just can't see new DNA technology like we can a new cell phone. The bottom line, DNA analysis can be done at the speed of commerce and will improve as time goes on. Therefore, as beef producers, we have access to technology that our predecessors did not. That is good, but the usefulness really rests with our understanding of what the technology is doing.

Let me repeat: Life always has been about deoxyribonucleic acid, which commonly is called DNA. These little pieces or strands are various combinations of four nucleic acids. The strand may be long, but all we need to know is that the strand exists.

What is even more interesting is that these strands make up chromosomes, which are the packages that store the DNA. Store is actually a poor term because DNA is stored and used. In very simple terms, each piece of DNA could be called a gene. These genes vary considerably in DNA length and where the various parts of each gene reside. Even the simplest gene is complicated in that it must be refined and shaped to be effective.

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