Yeast, the final frontier
Vancouver, Canada (SPX) Sep 23, 2014 - Every brewmaster and baker knows that yeast rises. But, as UBC associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences Corey Nislow will tell you, some yeast rises way, way above the rest. This month, special yeast strains developed by Nislow's team will dock at the International Space Station, shuttled there by SpaceX, the private spacecraft company contracted by NASA to deliver cargo. Once aboard ... more

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