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Space-Grown Crystals Offer Clarity on Parkinson's Disease
Parkinson’s disease affects more than 5 million people on Earth. Research on the International Space Station could provide insight into this chronic neurodegenerative disease and help scientists find ways to treat and prevent it. In this video, NASA astronaut Serena Auñon-Chancellor narrates as European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Alexander Gerst uses a microscope to examine and photograph the LRRK2 crystals. Learn more about this research: https://go.nasa.gov/2FtsPiY HD download link: https://archive.org/details/jsc2018m001032Space-Grown_Crystals_Offer_Clarity_on_Parkinsons_Disease-MXF Follow updates on the science conducted aboard the space station on Twitter: https://twitter.com/iss_research For more information on how you can conduct your research in microgravity, visit: https://go.nasa.gov/2q84LJj.