Diabetes research in Space
How can humankind benefit from space research? Well, the applications are almost unlimited. One example, an experiment onboard SSC's SubOrbital Express-3 rocket, aims to provide answers to the questions around type 1 diabetes. Around nine million people worldwide suffer from the autoimmune disease type 1 diabetes. The cause of the disease, or methods to prevent it, are still unknown but intense research is currently being done in the field. During this autumn, a diabetes experiment from Uppsala University in Sweden will be launched into Space from Esrange Space Center outside Kiruna. “