>> IN THE ACET-9,
WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TYPES
OF EXPERIMENTS.
THE FIRST TWO ARE SIMILAR
IN TERMS OF THEIR CHAINS.
THESE CHAINS ARE MADE UP
OF WHAT’S KNOWN
AS DYNA BEADS,
WHICH IS A TYPE OF, UH,
PARTICLES THAT HAVE
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES,
AND IS READILY USED
IN MEDICINE.
THE IDEA OF THE EXPERIMENTS,
UH, ONE AND TWO,
IS TO STUDY
THE FOLDING DYNAMICS,
WHICH MIMICS
THINGS ON EARTH LIKE, UH,
THE 3D FOLDING OF PROTEINS,
WHICH IS VERY ESSENTIAL
AND POORLY UNDERSTOOD
IN MEDICINE.
SO IF YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
THIS KIND OF DYNAMICS
IN SPACE, UH,
WHERE THESE-THESE CHAINS
DO NOT SEDIMENT,
WE WILL BE ABLE
TO UNDERSTAND MORE
THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN NATURE.
THE CHAINS THAT WE CAN
ACTUALLY MAKE IN THE LAB,
UH, ARE VERY FLEXIBLE.
THEY-- YOU CAN IMAGINE THEM
AS BEADS BEING CONNECTED
BY SOMETHING LIKE A SPRING,
AND THIS GIVES THEM
VERY BIG FLEXIBILITY.
IN ADDITION TO THAT,
THEY RESPOND TO MAGNETIC FIELDS,
AND THIS WILL ALLOW US
TO ACTUALLY CONTROL
HOW THEY MOVE,
AND WE WERE ABLE IN OUR LAB
TO SHOW THAT THESE, UH, CHAINS
CAN WRAP AROUND STUFF AND, UH,
LEAD TO THEIR TRANSPORTATION,
WHICH IS VERY PROMISING,
BECAUSE IT CAN EVENTUALLY LEAD
TO US BEING ABLE TO CONTROL
THINGS IN THE BLOODSTREAM,
WHERE IF WE HAVE A CLOT,
IT’S POSSIBLE THAT WE CAN GO
HAVE SOMETHING THAT CAN WRAP IT
AND THEN WE CAN TRANSPORT IT
OUT OF THE BODY SAFELY.