NASA Releases "Microbiomics: The Living World In and On You" Video (1 of 2) (IMAGE)

NASA/Johnson Space Center

NASA Releases "Microbiomics: The Living World In and On You" Video (1 of 2)

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NASA astronaut and molecular biologist Kate Rubins, Ph.D., will sequence DNA from a bacterium, virus and mouse in space for the first time, using a portable, nanopore sequencer, to confirm that the technology and technique work correctly in space.

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