A New Era for Space Life Science: International Standards for Space Omics Processing

China has entered a New Era with an aspiration to safeguard human rights through law. However, implementation gaps are found when comparing the current Chinese domestic laws on non-discrimination with the requirements set by international human rights treaties and international labour standards on eliminating discrimination in the labour market. This article illustrates how rural migrant workers are an underprivileged group in Chinese society, emphasising the inferior treatment they experience due to their agricultural hukou residential status in urban areas. The study identifies several implementation gaps between the international standards and the Chinese domestic legal system on non-discrimination, serving as the very first step to eradicate de facto and de jure discrimination and to achieve Legal Protection of Human Rights in the New Era.

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Worms in Space for Outreach on Earth: Space Life Science Activities for the Classroom

Gravitational and Space Research ◽

10.2478/gsr-2018-0011 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 74-82 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Christopher J. Gaffney ◽

Amelia K. Pollard ◽

Colleen S. Deane ◽

Michael Cooke ◽

Michele Balsamo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Life Science ◽

Space Station ◽

Educational Outreach ◽

Advanced Level ◽

Interest In Science ◽

History Of ◽

Space Life Science ◽

And Function ◽

Education Outreach

AbstractLong term spaceflight is associated with the loss of skeletal muscle mass and function. The Molecular Muscle Experiment (MME) seeks to identify the causes of muscle decline in space and test potential therapies to attenuate this in the microscopic worm, Caenorhabditis elegans. This is the first UK-led experiment in the almost two-decade history of the International Space Station. We therefore intend to complete significant and widespread educational outreach activities to promote interest in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and to increase engagement with our space life science experiment. This paper describes three education outreach activities relating to MME that are suitable for use in the classroom: (i) observing normal and mutant worms; (ii) observing the effect of unloading (simulation of microgravity); and (iii) handling spaceflight hardware. Activity packs are provided at a starter and advanced level to support these activities. This paper also provides three posters that may be used as learning resources for educators. These posters provide information on: (i) why worms are used for research; (ii) spaceflight human physiology; and (iii) the specifics of the MME. Details of further planned engagement activities are outlined to increase the awareness of the MME.

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Getting the environment right

10.1093/med/9780198737780.003.0006 ◽

2016 ◽

Author(s):

Richard Barker

Keyword(s):

Precision Medicine ◽

Policy Development ◽

Life Science ◽

Innovation Policy ◽

Public Private Partnerships ◽

New Era ◽

The Media ◽

Policy Agendas ◽

Set Up ◽

The Right

The changes proposed to enable sustainable innovation need the right environment in which to occur. Politicians, the media, ethicists, public and patient debate, funding agencies, and investors can all play a major role in supporting the future of medical innovation. Public–private partnerships and life science clusters are vehicles in which the new precision medicine can flourish. However, we need a new ‘social contract’ to underpin the innovation enterprise. Countries that wish to lead in the new era of precision medicine will need to unite their health and innovation policy agendas, be prepared to provide finance to achieve proof of concept, encourage public–private partnerships and the development of life science clusters, set up constructive public and ethical dialogues, invest in developing regulatory science and in bringing patients fully into policy development.

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