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New Neurological Treatment Tested in Microgravity

Startup Company Leverages ISS to Test Brain Organoids

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Tom Patton
Dec 02, 2024
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Brain Organoid Photographed Aboard ISS

It's not well known that some viruses don’t cause illness and can instead be used to treat disease? Biotechnology startup Axonis Therapeutics reprogrammed a virus to carry a novel gene therapy to neurons to treat neurological conditions like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and spinal cord injury.

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