Two people look up at a camera. They each have their arms in sleeves that go inside a lit-up rectangular box. We can see their arms through the windows on each side of the box. There are wires all around them inside the International Space Station.NASA/Jessica Meir Astronauts Chris Williams of NASA and Sophie Adenot of the European Space Agency work together in the Kibo laboratory module’s Life Science Glovebox, processing genetic-material samples for the DNA Nano Therapeutics‑3 experiment. The investigation is exploring DNA‑inspired assembly techniques as a way to manufacture treatments—such as chemotherapy and immunotherapy—that can kill cancer cells and activate the immune system.

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Image credit: NASA/Jessica Meir

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