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Imagine finding a cure for breast cancer, cystic fibrosis, or for a genetic disease that attacks newborn infants. With support from the Canadian Space Agency's (CSA) Microgravity Sciences Program, scientists prepare biotechnology flight experiments that could help lead to advanced treatment of and possible cures for these and other debilitating diseases. In the microgravity environment of space, there are no gravity-induced effects such as sedimentation and convection to disrupt the growth of fragile protein crystals. The chance of growing larger, more perfect crystals is greatly improved. Thus microgravity protein crystals may significantly accelerate drug development research.