Caltech Cargo Launched to Space Station

When the SpaceX-3 cargo resupply mission launched to the International Space Station April 18, an experiment designed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Pasadena, Calif., was among the cargo headed to space. The experiment, Crystallization of Huntingtin Exon 1 Using Microgravity (CASIS PCG HDPCG-1), investigates the crystallization of huntingtin, a protein associated with Huntington's disease that has evaded crystallization for more than a decade. More

(Source: Propulsion Laboratory - Apr 23)