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Space Exploration: The Final Frontiers in Healthcare

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It's medicine...but not as we know it, Jim.
On Thursday 16th February, Alice and Kali attended an event discussing healthcare...in space!  The event was run by ReThinkX and held at Citylabs in Manchester, just across from Whitworth Park.  We heard about the event from the School of Biological Sciences newsletter, which, as students at the School of Biological Sciences, is automatically sent to our student email addresses.


The event began with a rather lovely selection of teapig teas (I, Kali, am a big tea fan...) and coffee, before hearing from the four speakers. Click the links to read our summary of their talks.



 This post by Kali, on an event attended by Kali and Alice.

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