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Saudi astronaut says space research can accelerate medical treatment

Saudi astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi highlights how space research can boost sectors like healthcare, agriculture, and law in Saudi Arabia.

Ajel News57 min ago · 1 min read
Rayyanah Barnawi discusses Saudi space research and healthcare

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Saudi astronaut Rayyanah Barnawi said that space research benefits many sectors, including agriculture, medicine, healthcare, law, and accounting, leading to improved outcomes across these fields.

Speaking in an interview with Al Ekhbariya TV, she added that Saudi Arabia’s advanced laboratories and medical centers can accelerate the pace of treatment by leveraging findings from space research.

The Saudi Space Agency and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) recently launched the first biological samples of their kind in the Middle East into space, as part of the BioGravity 1 mission on SpaceX CRS-35 to the International Space Station.

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