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The environment in space is a useful place for conducting a variety of life science experiments, as well as, medical experiments. This is due to the microgravity conditions which make experiments in space ideal. Think of the human body and the environment that cells have in the body. When studying proteins and diseases to better understand them, the microgravity conditions of space closely resemble the environment that the cell would have in the human body. Therefore when studying cells in space, instead of sinking to the bottom of a petri dish as they would do in gravity conditions on Earth, the cells stay larger and three-dimensional which make their structure easier to study. Space is also ideal in studying bone deterioration of oesterosis sufferers as space has the same effects on bones. The space program is also running many experiments to determine the effects of radiation in space on the human body and developing ways to protect the body during long term space travel. Overall, a great deal of progress has been made in the area of biotechnology due to the experiments which are run in the space environment.
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