Guardian Australia · Space

Why pharma firms are going to Earth’s orbit in search of new cancer drugs

· By Linda Geddes
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A space capsule 300 miles above us is growing the tiny crystals of a potential cancer drug in microgravityRoughly 300 miles above our heads, three washing machine-sized capsules are orbiting the Earth. Inside one of them, tiny crystals of a potential cancer drug are being grown in the weightlessness of space. The ot…

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