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Canadian Space Agency

Press Release
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Media Advisory

Canadian Research on Bone Loss in Space
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Saint-Hubert, Quebec, December 13, 2002 - Media are invited to attend 
a technical briefing regarding space research on osteoporosis.

Experience and science experiments have shown that while in 
microgravity, astronauts can loose up to 2% of their bone mass per 
month. In October 1998 a research project named OSTEO (Osteoporosis 
Experiments in Orbit) took place on board Space Shuttle Discovery 
using a Canadian-made cell culture system to measure bone loss in 
space. 

The second phase of this research, OSTEO-2, will take place on board 
Space Shuttle Columbia, scheduled to launch on January 16, 2003. This 
Canadian space science project will study the molecular mechanism of 
bone loss in space, which should also benefit research on osteoporosis 
on Earth.

What: Technical Briefing on Canadian space experiment OSTEO-2

Who:  Scientists from the various organizations involved
              
When: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 
      10:30 a.m.

Where:Ontario Science Centre
      Gemini Room
      770 Don Mills Road
      Toronto

For more information:
Monique Billette						
Senior Media Relations Officer						
Canadian Space Agency					
Tel.: (450) 926-4370						
E-mail: monique.Billette{at}space.gc.ca				

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