PROMETEO: An innovative experiment against degeneration of nervous tissue

On 29th March 2022, the Science Verification Test (SVT) of the PROMETEO project was successfully concluded at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) in Pontedera. The outcome of this test paves the way to the execution of the experiment on board the International Space Station planned in August 2022. Oxidative stress underlies many deleterious effect of…