(Phys.org) —For lab-coated cancer biologists, peering through microscopes at stained tissue samples under fluorescent lights, the International Space Station may be the last thing that comes to mind. But 40 years of microgravity ...
Jun 25, 2013
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Clinical pharmacologist Jens Titze, M.D., knew he had a one-of-a-kind scientific opportunity: the Russians were going to simulate a flight to Mars, and he was invited to study the participating cosmonauts.
Jan 8, 2013
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Humanity is on the constant search for improvements in cancer treatments, and the International Space Station has provided a microgravity platform that has enabled advancements in the cancer treatment process.
May 4, 2012
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Traveling by plane isn't always easy on the body. And neither is space travel. Astronauts often experience atrophy, the loss of bone and muscle, during their months living in space's zero gravity. People on Earth also tend ...
Jan 22, 2024
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Extensive exercise regimens are keeping astronauts healthy and protecting their hearts during extended space missions, new research finds.
Oct 2, 2023
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Human skin cells provided by Marjana Tomic-Canic, Ph.D., director of the Wound Healing and Regenerative Medicine Research Program at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, were launched to the International Space ...
Apr 6, 2023
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Miniature, underdeveloped versions of organs including brains, bladders and pancreases are being grown in petri dishes in laboratories around the world.
Oct 12, 2022
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Astronauts may go to space for weeks or months, and their bones can lose years in that environment.
Aug 4, 2022
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Astronauts lose decades' worth of bone mass in space that many do not recover even after a year back on Earth, researchers said Thursday, warning that it could be a "big concern" for future missions to Mars.
Jun 30, 2022
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The latest findings of a series of studies on mice that examined harmful effects caused by spending time in space show that gene expression related to liver metabolism is altered in response to the space environment. The ...
Dec 6, 2021
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