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Posted On: 02/23/2024 12:51:40 PM
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I have no idea if, or how, this may apply to LL, but I thought it was an interesting article on producing pharmaceuticals in space's in microgravity.
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As Asparouhov explains, making drugs in space is about building tighter crystals. The chemicals start out in a solution, and “the molecules are floating around as individual happy pals.”
But when the chemicals precipitate out of the solution, they form a crystalline structure, like the salt crystals that form when salt water evaporates.
“When that occurs, it occurs differently if gravity is not involved,” he said. “It’s a different crystalline structure.”
Asparourov gave the example of Keytruda, an immunotherapy drug used to treat cancer patients. Doctors are limited in how concentrated a Keytruda dose can be because it gets too thick to move through a syringe.
“If you crystallize it in microgravity,” he said, “you can increase the packing density without increasing the viscosity.”
https://eedition.sltrib.com/html5/reader/prod...3905485bdd
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As Asparouhov explains, making drugs in space is about building tighter crystals. The chemicals start out in a solution, and “the molecules are floating around as individual happy pals.”
But when the chemicals precipitate out of the solution, they form a crystalline structure, like the salt crystals that form when salt water evaporates.
“When that occurs, it occurs differently if gravity is not involved,” he said. “It’s a different crystalline structure.”
Asparourov gave the example of Keytruda, an immunotherapy drug used to treat cancer patients. Doctors are limited in how concentrated a Keytruda dose can be because it gets too thick to move through a syringe.
“If you crystallize it in microgravity,” he said, “you can increase the packing density without increasing the viscosity.”
https://eedition.sltrib.com/html5/reader/prod...3905485bdd
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