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Rubio wears blue rubber gloves and gives a thumbs-up as he holds the paperback-book-sized miniPCR inside the Columbus laboratory module. There is a laptop to his right and a camera above him.

Genes in Space-10

iss069e031305 (Jul. 13, 2023) --- NASA astronaut Frank Rubio conducts the Genes in Space-10 experiment, which tests a method for measuring the length of telomeres, the cap-like structures at the end of DNA. This investigation may provide a method for onboard DNA measurements and genetic-based medical diagnostics, supporting biological research in space.

Image Credit: NASA
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