Does the Future of Medicine Lie in Space?
Offered By: The Aspen Institute via YouTube
Course Description
Overview
Explore the potential of space-based biomedical research in this thought-provoking 50-minute conference talk from The Aspen Institute. Discover how microgravity environments could revolutionize stem cell programming, protein crystallization, and cellular communication studies. Learn about biotech start-ups sending experiments into orbit and their potential impact on developing treatments for osteoporosis, cancers, influenza, and neurodegenerative diseases. Examine the high costs associated with space research and the broader implications for open science and global health benefits. Gain insights from healthcare practitioners, researchers, business leaders, policymakers, advocates, and journalists as they discuss the future of medicine beyond Earth's boundaries during the Aspen Ideas: Health 2023 conference.
Syllabus
Does the Future of Medicine Lie in Space?
Taught by
The Aspen Institute
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