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05.26.2010 ASTROGENETIX PERFORMS DRUG DEVELOPMENT IN MICROGRAVITY

Space Shuttle Atlantis returned from the International Space Station (ISS) landing at the Kennedy Space Center this morning with the tenth scientific payload for Astrogenetix, a commercial biotech company based out of Austin, Texas. Astrogenetix is conducting research on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) as part of the ISS National Laboratory Pathfinder Vaccine (NLP-V) missions....
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04.06.2010 ASTROGENETIX NARROWS IN ON MRSA VIRULENCE ONBOARD DISCOVERY

Astronauts on board Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-131) activated an experiment this morning as part of the ninth scientific payload for Astrogenetix, an Austin, Texas-based commercial biotech company. Astrogenetix is conducting the International Space Station National Laboratory Pathfinder Vaccine (NLP-V) missions to take advantage of the unique conditions of microgravity to uncover changes in bacteria that can be targeted to create new vaccines and therapeutics....
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02.08.2010 ASTROGENETIX CONTINUES MRSA VACCINE DEVELOPMENT ONBOARD ENDEAVOR

Space Shuttle Endeavor lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center this morning, carrying on board the eighth scientific payload for Astrogenetix, a commercial biotech company created to use microgravity to develop the foundation of new medicines....
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11.16.2009 AUSTIN-BASED BIOTECH COMPANY’S VACCINE RESEARCH TO CONTINUE ON ATLANTIS MISSION

For the fourth time this year, NASA’s Shuttle fleet is carrying a series of experiments being conducted by Austin-based Astrogenetix, a commercial biotech company created to use microgravity to develop the foundation of new medicines....
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08.25.2009 SPACE SHUTTLE DISCOVERY TO CARRY VACCINE RESEARCH ALONG WITH INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION EQUIPMENT

Astrogenetix Works with NASA to Use Microgravity to Develop New Medicines

Along with supply and equipment cargo bound for the International Space Station, Space Shuttle Discovery STS-128 will carry an additional scientific payload being conducted by Austin-based Astrogenetix, the first commercial space company to use microgravity to discover the foundation of new medicines....
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