Vote for Doug Messier’s proposal entry “Yogurt in Space” in the Voting for Your Idea In Space National Contest. He explains how the project would be a tribute to his late sister who died of cancer:  Vote for “Yogurt in Space” Proposal in CASIS Send Your Experiment to Space Contest – Facebook.

CASIS is the organization in charge of running research on the International Space Station.

Select the “Vote” item in the top of the Contest page and then search on “Yogurt”.

• Entry Title: Yogurt in Space: Investigating the Growth of Probiotics in Microgravity for Application in Cancer Treatments
• Idea Description: Summary

This proposal proposed the study probiotic microbes on the International Space Station to determine how they grow in microgravity and whether they could be modified for the treatment of certain cancers. This would build upon work being led by Dr. Roger Strair at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey.