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Andrew Chen’s science project: out of this world
investigated options for growing produce on the Inter national Space Station and Mars. “The general idea behind Andrew Chen, a sophomore at East Rockaway Jr./Sr. High the project was imitating a sitSchool, has determined how to uation that you would find on help astronauts stay in space extra-terrestrial places,” Chen said. “This issue is longer earning him that I’m here on second place at E a r t h s o I c a n’ t NA S A’s G row i n g really grow plants Beyond Earth sciin a zero-g ravity ence research comenvironment, so I petition. decided to re pliThe symposium, which took place c at e a h i g h C O 2 on April 20, was a environment classroom-based because in the ISS, s c i e n c e c o m p e t itheir CO2 percenttion led by NASA age ranges around and designed to 3 to 4 thousand advance research parts per million.” on growing plants Chen studied in space. This is how a plant would E a s t Ro ck aw ay grow in space conSchool District’s ANdREw ChEN ditions that are first year in the like those on the Sophomore, program. Chen ISS, which helped East Rockaway submitted a him also research research proposal Jr./Sr. High School how to grow plants to the competition in other space conwhere he talked about the ditions. effects of elevated CO2 conWhen Chen started his centrations on the ger mina- r e s e a r c h i n J a n u a r y, h e tion rate of Eruca Sativa, also noticed that all the previous called astro arugula. research he came across only Chen’s research aimed to focused on what the impact of solve the problem of process- CO2 concentrations from cliing and storing fresh food for m at e ch a n g e wo u l d b e o n extended space missions. He
By BEN FIEBERT
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Courtesy Mount Sinai Fuster Heart Hospital
Dr. Prakash Krishnan with Patrick Curran after he treated Curran’s peripheral artery disease, making him the first person in the United States to undergo a new type of surgery.
Lynbrook man narrowly avoids losing both legs to artery disease
By BEN FIEBERT
bfiebert@liherald.com
A 59-year-old Lynbrook volunteer firefighter will be able to continue to save lives and property after becoming the first person in the United States to receive a new, life-saving surgery. Patrick Curran, a diabetic, developed peripheral artery disease about five years ago, which causes the arteries in the leg to get narrow and restrict blood flow. There are limited solutions for people with severe forms of this condition, and doctors told him that he needed both legs amputated, as he was at extremely high risk of heart attack and stroke. However, the FDA recently approved a
new device called Esprit BTK System, which restored blood flow in both of Curran’s legs. “The ulcer that I have on my foot is healing, which means that the blood flow is getting there and healing it,” Curran said. People like Curran who live with this condition, experience extreme pain, open wounds that do not heal and, in some cases, may have to resort to amputation. Over a five-year period, extreme forms of this disease have a lower survival rate than breast, colorectal and prostate cancer combined. Curran has been in excruciating pain for years. His peripheral artery disease caused debilitating ulcers on his legs and extreme foot swelling. He had had several minimally invasive procedures to open the arteries and ContinUeD on Page 4
he general idea behind the project was imitating a situation that you would find on extraterrestrial places.
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