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Business Upturn
08-05-2025
- Health
- Business Upturn
Vancouver-Based Delfi Medical Innovations Takes Blood Flow Restriction Technology to New Heights — Literally
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Delfi Medical Innovations Inc., a global leader in blood flow restriction (BFR) technology based in Vancouver, is proud to announce that its equipment has been used in space for the first time, aboard the recent SpaceX Fram2 mission. This historic milestone marks the inaugural use of BFR technology in a microgravity environment, expanding the frontiers of rehabilitation and strength training beyond Earth. BFR is a technique that allows individuals to exercise with reduced loads while still achieving significant strength and hypertrophy gains. By temporarily and precisely restricting blood flow to a limb using a pneumatic cuff, BFR activates muscle growth pathways typically only triggered during intense exercise — making it especially useful in rehabilitation, athletic training, and now, space health. Delfi's BFR systems are recognized as the gold standard in the field. They are used by all major North American professional sports leagues — including the NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL — as well as by military rehabilitation programs and leading physiotherapists and researchers worldwide. Delfi's patented technology includes automatic, personalized pressure calibration and continuous safety monitoring, making it uniquely suited for both elite performance and clinical care. 'This is a proud moment for our team,' said Michael Jameson, President of Delfi Medical Innovations. 'Bringing our BFR systems into space demonstrates the trust placed in our technology and the growing importance of musculoskeletal health in extreme environments. We're honoured to play a part in supporting human performance on and off the planet.' The SpaceX Fram2 mission, which launched earlier this year, carried the BFR system aboard as part of a research initiative studying countermeasures to muscle atrophy in low-gravity conditions. As astronauts lose muscle mass rapidly in space, BFR offers a promising method to preserve strength with minimal equipment and strain — a vital need during long-duration missions to the Moon, Mars, and beyond. This achievement was made possible through the leadership and vision of Dr. Luke Hughes of Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Dr. Hughes has been at the forefront of BFR research for over a decade and played a central role in advancing the scientific and operational readiness of this project for space deployment. The technology used on this mission builds on the pioneering work of Dr. James McEwen, Delfi's founder and the original inventor of modern pneumatic tourniquet systems. Dr. McEwen's decades of innovation in surgical and rehabilitation technologies laid the foundation for today's gold standard in blood flow restriction systems. This milestone underscores Delfi's leadership in medical innovation and the expanding role of Canadian technology in supporting human performance beyond Earth. For video refer to: Disclaimer: The above press release comes to you under an arrangement with GlobeNewswire. Business Upturn takes no editorial responsibility for the same.
Yahoo
08-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
SpaceX's Fram2 mission captures 1st human X-ray in Earth orbit
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. In 1895, when German physics professor Wihelm Röntgen was experimenting with cathode rays, he accidentally discovered what we know today as X-rays. Realizing the technology could benefit the medical field, Röntgen took the first ever X-ray image of the human body. It was an image of his wife's hand wearing a ring. About 130 years later, the crew of SpaceX's private Fram2 mission has recreated that X-ray portrait — except in space. The Fram2 mission launched on March 31, carrying a quartet of passengers who would soon complete the first human spaceflight in polar orbit. The launch was funded by Maltese cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang, who enlisted three polar expedition colleagues to join him on the novel mission. During the three-and-a-half-day spaceflight, the crew performed a total of 22 research experiments, which included observation of Earth's poles, growing mushrooms — and indeed taking the first X-ray images of a human while in orbit. Following the successful hand X-ray, the Fram2 crew continued this technology demonstration with a series of other diagnostic images that included the forearm, pelvis, abdomen and chest; the astronauts also imaged electronics to test the use of the X-ray as a hardware diagnostics tool. The crew further demonstrated a DXA (Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry) scan. Related Stories: — SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates — SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles — Meet the astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth's poles Fram2's Crew Dragon Resilience splashed down on Friday (April 4), parachuting toward the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Oceanside, California. The crewmembers were recovered aboard SpaceX's Dragon recovery vessel Shannon. They recently arrived at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston to complete a number of post-flight experiments and collect post-flight biometric data while recovering from the microgravity environment.
Yahoo
05-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Fram2 astronaut mission's West Coast splashdown opens new era for SpaceX
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The West Coast is the best coast for Dragon landings, at least in SpaceX's books. The company's four-person Fram2 mission came to a successful end on Friday (April 4) with the splashdown of the Crew Dragon capsule "Resilience" off the coast of Southern California. That was a first for SpaceX, geography-wise: All 16 of its previous astronaut missions had hit the water off Florida, either in the Atlantic Ocean or in the Gulf of Mexico. Indeed, every returning Dragon capsule, crewed or uncrewed, had splashed down near Florida since early 2021. But last July, SpaceX announced that it planned to shift recovery operations to the West Coast. Related: SpaceX's private Fram2 astronauts splash down on Earth, ending historic polar orbit expedition The decision was spurred by the fact that debris from Dragon's expendable trunk section had been found on terra firma on multiple occasions, even though modeling work had suggested the trunk would fully burn up during reentry to Earth's atmosphere. Moving splashdowns to the West Coast — along with jettisoning the trunk after Dragon's deorbit burn, to control the trunk's trajectory — will ensure that no debris could harm people or property, according to SpaceX; any that survives reentry will fall into the Pacific. This new strategy was employed on Fram2 and will be repeated on every Dragon mission going forward, SpaceX representatives have said. Related Stories: — SpaceX Fram2 1st polar astronaut mission: Live updates — SpaceX launches private Fram2 astronauts on historic spaceflight over Earth's poles — Meet the astronauts of SpaceX's Fram2 mission, the 1st to fly over Earth's poles Well, calling the strategy "new" isn't exactly right; the Pacific was the original target for Dragon splashdowns, and remained the exclusive one for nearly a decade after the first Dragon flight in 2010. "Dragon recovery operations moved to the East Coast in 2019, enabling teams to unpack and deliver critical cargo to NASA teams in Florida more efficiently and transport crews more quickly to Kennedy Space Center," SpaceX wrote in an update last July.
USA Today
04-04-2025
- Science
- USA Today
Fram2 mission: Historic SpaceX flight over Earth's poles ends with splashdown in California
Fram2 mission: Historic SpaceX flight over Earth's poles ends with splashdown in California SpaceX, which supplied the rocket and spacecraft for the Fram2 mission, livestreamed the landing. Show Caption Hide Caption The view from Rockledge Drive of the lightning storm on Monday night The view from Rockledge Drive of the lightning storm on the night of the March 31, 2025 SpaceX Fram2 carrying a crew of four heading to a polar orbit. A SpaceX Dragon vehicle carrying four international astronauts on a commercial spaceflight around Earth's poles has landed off the coast of California. The water landing brings to an end a four-day mission known as Fram2 in which the private spacefarers sought to become the first humans to fly in orbit over both the North and South poles. Cryptocurrency billionaire Chun Wang financed and led the pioneering mission, which launched late Monday from Florida on a southern trajectory. Joining Wang for the voyage was Norwegian filmmaker Jannicke Mikkelsen, German robotics researcher Rabea Rogge and Australian adventurer Eric Philips. None had ever been to space before. The mission followed in the footsteps of other commercial billionaire-backed spaceflight ventures, including Inspiration4 and Polaris Dawn – both led by entrepreneur Jared Isaacman. The Fram2 crew even traveled aboard the same Dragon spacecraft that the Polaris Dawn crew rode to orbit in September for a five-day mission in which they completed a historic spacewalk, according to SpaceX. Along the way, the Fram2 astronauts participated in multiple experiments to test how spaceflight affects the human body. Fram2 mission: SpaceX video shows views of Earth's poles during crypto billionaire-funded spaceflight Fram2 astronauts land off coast of California Wang and his crew landed on the Dragon spacecraft at 12:19 p.m. Friday in the North Pacific Ocean. Elon Musk's SpaceX, which supplied the rocket and spacecraft for the mission, livestreamed the landing. The splashdown comes four days after the Fram2 crew were propelled to orbit on the Dragon with assistance from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which blasted off at 9:46 p.m. EDT Monday from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral. After separating from the rocket, the Dragon spent the ensuing days using its own thrusters to zoom from pole to pole. The landing off the coast of California represents another first for SpaceX human spaceflight. The March 18 landing of the Crew-9 mission, which included the Boeing Starliner astronauts, marked the final time a SpaceX Dragon would return off the coast of Florida, as SpaceX is moving recovery operations to California. Following the parachute-assisted water landing, the four astronauts were planning to make their way out of the spacecraft on their own. The goal of the unassisted exit, according to SpaceX, was to "characterize the ability of astronauts to perform unassisted functional tasks after short and long durations in space," What was the Fram2 mission? For the first time ever, the four astronauts aboard the Dragon set out to explore Earth's poles from orbit. Wang, a Malta-based entrepreneur who built his fortune with Bitcoin mining pools, paid an undisclosed amount of money to bankroll the mission with SpaceX. Named after a Norwegian ship that traversed the North and South poles at the turn of the 20th century, the Fram2 mission sought to pay homage to its namesake with a pioneering polar voyage of its own. Circling from pole to pole, the crew observed Earth's polar regions from about 267 miles above the ground – an altitude that allowed the Dragon to fly from the North Pole to the South Pole in just more than 46 minutes. The Dragon traveled in a polar orbit at an inclination of 90 degrees, making it perpendicular to the equator. Wang and his crew also conducted 22 research experiments related to human physiology in orbit that will provide insights for future long-duration missions deep into the cosmos. Contributing: Brooke Edwards, Florida Today Eric Lagatta covers breaking and trending news for USA TODAY. Reach him at elagatta@
Yahoo
01-04-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Fifty 1 Labs, Inc. Celebrates Groundbreaking SpaceX, NASA, and ISS Yeast Experiment by Subsidiary Genetic Networks
Groundbreaking Yeast Experiment from Dr. Nislow's lab on Last Night's SpaceX Fram2 Mission Advances Space-Based Biotechnology MELBOURNE, Fla., April 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via IBN -- Fifty 1 Labs, Inc. (Ticker: FITY), a forward-thinking leader in biotechnology and health innovation, proudly announces a significant milestone in space research achieved by its recently acquired subsidiary, Genetic Networks. This milestone stems from over a decade of space-based functional genomics from Dr. Corey Nislow's laboratory. Beginning with STS-135, the final Space Shuttle mission to the ISS, through a successful sample return following lunar orbit on Artemis I, reported by CBC News on January 18, 2023 ( this work highlights the pivotal role of functional genomics in diverse aspects of human health and wellness. "These experiments are crucial to build a solid foundation to understand how life can adapt to the stresses of space, including microgravity and cosmic radiation beyond our planet," Dr. Nislow stated, as quoted in the original CBC report. "The data we've gathered could unlock new pathways for pharmaceutical development and human health in space exploration." His leadership and innovative approach have solidified Genetic Networks' reputation as a pioneer in genetic profiling, a strength that now significantly enhances Fifty 1 Labs' capabilities following the acquisition. Since integrating Genetic Networks into its portfolio, Fifty 1 Labs has gained not only cutting-edge technology but also the invaluable contributions of Dr. Nislow, whose work bridges terrestrial biotechnology with space exploration. His vision for leveraging genetic insights to solve complex biological challenges aligns seamlessly with Fifty 1 Labs' mission to advance human health. The yeast experiment's findings—made possible through Dr. Nislow's expertise—open doors to applications ranging from resilient biological systems for long-duration space missions to novel therapeutics for Earth-based medicine. Looking ahead, Genetic Networks is expanding its collaboration with SpaceX, with multiple missions planned for 2025 and the years to come. "We are thrilled to celebrate this achievement by Genetic Networks and to have Dr. Corey Nislow as a key part of our team through this acquisition," said Gennaro D'Urso, CEO of Fifty 1 Labs, Inc. "Corey's leadership in space genomics, combined with Genetic Networks' upcoming SpaceX missions, exemplifies the forward-thinking innovation we aim to champion at Fifty 1 Labs. His presence brings tremendous value, amplifying our ability to push the boundaries of biotechnology on Earth and beyond." In the Nislow labs' latest experiment which launched last night on SpaceX's Fram2 mission, yeast strains were engineered to express transgenes derived from tardigrades, micro animals that are known for their extraordinary resistance to radiation, were flown to measure their response to microgravity and cosmic radiation. The data will inform terrestrial applications for these transgenes in humans, including those undergoing radiation-based cancer therapies. Fifty 1 Labs, Inc. invites investors, researchers, and the public to follow its journey as it leverages this milestone to drive innovation. Investor Relations 877-814-4188 ir@ Website: About Fifty 1 Labs, Inc. (FITY) Fifty 1 Labs, Inc. (Ticker: FITY) is a dynamic biotechnology company dedicated to advancing human health through innovative research and development. With a focus on cutting-edge solutions, Fifty 1 Labs integrates advanced scientific discoveries to address challenges in medicine, wellness, and beyond. 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