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Often praised as the most promising field for the commercial exploitation of space, this domain today has two primary fundamental aspects: the use of microgravity as a tool for separation processes and techniques (including protein crystals growth), and the production of cells for medically valuable proteins like immuno-reactive molecules, hormones, enzymes, and vaccines. Results of space experiments and their terrestrial applications are presented, and their advantages and disadvantages compared to Earth-based techniques, such as genetic engineering, are discussed.
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Clément, G., Bukley, A. (2006). Biotechnology in Space. In: Clément, G., Slenzka, K. (eds) Fundamentals of Space Biology. THE SPACE TECHNOLOGY LIBRARY, vol 18. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-37940-1_8
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