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Sanford-Burnham research projects selected to go to space

Thu, Nov 29, 2012 15:45 CET

Space Florida to send two experiments from Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute to the International Space StationLA JOLLA, Calif., and ORLANDO, Fla., Nov. 29, 2012 – Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) today announced that two of the Institute’s research teams have won Space Florida’s International Space Station (ISS) Research Competition. Eight teams were selected from a pool of international applicants to send experiments to space in late 2013. The competition was initiated by Space Florida, the state’s spaceport and aerospace authority, and NanoRacks, LLC.

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