NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19740024816: Feasibility study for the manufacture of zero gravity pharmaceuticles, immunological, and viral agents
NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) 19740024816: Feasibility study for the manufacture of zero gravity pharmaceuticles, immunological, and viral agents
The feasibility of extracting, isolating, purifying, separating, or preparing medical and biological products of high socio-economic value in space was studied. In particular, the study was designed to concentrate on the isolation or purification of virals, pharmaceutical and immunological agents by means of electrophoresis, as the Apollo 16 flight demonstrated that a mixed population of latex spheres (.2 and .8 microns) could be successfully separated by electrophoresis in space and without sedimentation with minimal convection. This prompted NASA scientists to look into the possibility of carrying out types of biochemical experiments that would utilize space for medical purposes.
