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  2. HER2 - Wikipedia

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    HER2 is so named because it has a similar structure to human epidermal growth factor receptor, or HER1. Neu is so named because it was derived from a rodent glioblastoma cell line, a type of neural tumor. ErbB-2 was named for its similarity to ErbB (avian erythroblastosis oncogene B), the oncogene later found to code for EGFR.

  3. Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph - Wikipedia

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    On 31 October 2013, calibrated IRIS data and images were released on the project website. [10] An open-access article describing the satellite and initial data was published in the journal Solar Physics. [11] Data collected from the IRIS spacecraft has shown that the interface region of the Sun is significantly more complex than previously ...

  4. 1950 in science - Wikipedia

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    Antihistamine discovered. The Duffy antigen is identified in a multiply-transfused hemophiliac patient. [19] An external artificial pacemaker is developed by John A. Hopps in conjunction with Wilfred Gordon Bigelow at Toronto General Hospital.

  5. Dennis Slamon - Wikipedia

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    In 1986 Axel Ullrich, a German scientist working at Genentech, first discovered the Her-2 protein and gave a conference about it in which Slamon was present.Afterwards Slamon proposed to work together, since he suspected that a mutation in Her-2 might cause cancer, eventually they found a kind of aggressive breast cancer with a mutation in the gene responsible for the Her-2 protein and started ...

  6. Scientific research on the International Space Station

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    [1] [2] The 2005 NASA Authorization Act designated the American segment of the International Space Station as a national laboratory with the goal of increasing the use of the ISS by other federal agencies and the private sector. [3] Research on the ISS improves knowledge about the effects of long-term space exposure on the human body.

  7. STS-47 - Wikipedia

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    STS-47 was NASA's 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program, as well as the second mission of the Space Shuttle Endeavour.The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences inside Spacelab-J, a collaborative laboratory inside the shuttle's payload bay sponsored by NASA and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA).

  8. Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their moons

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    The timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites charts the progress of the discovery of new bodies over history. Each object is listed in chronological order of its discovery (multiple dates occur when the moments of imaging, observation, and publication differ), identified through its various designations (including temporary and permanent schemes), and the ...

  9. Prospero (spacecraft) - Wikipedia

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    The Prospero satellite, also known as the X-3, [2] was launched by the United Kingdom in 1971. It was designed to undertake a series of experiments to study the effects of the space environment on communications satellites and remained operational until 1973, after which it was contacted annually for over 25 years. [3]