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Spacebound study began with astronaut medical mystery
Aug 11, 2021 (SPX)
Each year, the Genes in Space program, founded by Boeing and miniPCR bio and supported by the International Space Station (ISS) U.S. National Laboratory and New...
New technology allows scientists to identify proteins inside a living brain
Aug 11, 2021 (UPI)
Proteins are the lifeblood of cellular biology, as they allow cells to communicate and perform complex functions. But proteins are also infinitely complex, with...
Blobs in space: Slime mould to blast off for ISS experiment
Aug 10, 2021 (AFP)
An alien on its own planet, the Blob is an unclassifiable organism -- neither fish nor fowl. Nor is it plant, animal or fungus. As such, Physarum polycephalum -...
Tissue engineering in space could treat age-related muscle loss on Earth
Aug 10, 2021 (SPX)
In an experiment funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), researchers from the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research and Stanford University ar...
DARPA to develop novel therapeutics for multi-drug resistant microbial infections
Aug 06, 2021 (SPX)
These research teams plan to leverage different approaches to tackle these challenges: + The Yale team will focus on using synthetic chemistry and the body's ow...
Researchers present battery-free pacemaker powered by the heart
Aug 04, 2021 (UPI)
The new device works by harvesting the heart's kinetic energy, which is created by the pumping of blood through the organ, according to the researchers. The tec...
Study: Scientists restore vital organs of pigs, cause bioethical concerns
Aug 03, 2021 (UPI)
The research, published in the scientific journal Nature on Wednesday, cuts against current medical knowledge that says cardiac death, when blood circulation an...
Medspace: Setting sights high for interplanetary health kits
Jul 28, 2021 (SPX)
With the flight including the youngest and oldest people to fly to space, the trip surpassed many milestones for Bezos and his team. But with space tourism now ...
An antioxidative stress regulator protects muscle tissue in space
Jul 12, 2021 (SPX)
In a study published in June 2021 in Communications Biology, researchers from the University of Tsukuba have revealed that nuclear factor E2-related factor 2, o...
Artificial muscles stronger, more flexible than what's in body
Jul 07, 2021 (UPI)
The research, published Thursday in Science, was led by materials scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles, together with colleagues at SRI Inter...
Sweat-proof smart skin takes reliable vitals, even during workouts and spicy meals
Jul 02, 2021 (SPX)
The patch is patterned with artificial sweat ducts, similar to pores in human skin, that the researchers etched through the material's ultrathin layers. The por...
Astronauts demonstrate CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing in space
Jul 01, 2021 (SPX)
Damage to an organism's DNA can occur during normal biological processes or as a result of environmental causes, such as UV light. In humans and other animals, ...
Cardiac atrophy findings may set course for preventing harm from long space flights
Jun 25, 2021 (SPX)
The new findings, based on studies of mouse models, represent an important milestone in a long effort to prevent or even reverse cardiac atrophy, which can lead...
Russian, US scientists spar over causes of astronauts' headache
Jun 22, 2021 (Sputnik)
"NASA put forward in 2008 requirements to reduce the level of carbon dioxide in response to subjective complaints from some astronauts about headaches at agreed...
Astronauts may get their spleen removed before long-distance flights
Jun 18, 2021 (Sputnik)
Researchers from Russia and the US have been debating whether it will be necessary to remove the spleen - the organ which primarily removes old or damaged red b...
ISS National Lab to Host Session at World Stem Cell Summit
Jun 14, 2021 (SPX)
This annual event brings together noted science, industry and policy experts in regenerative medicine. It also provides multiple forums to discuss the impacts o...
Wake Forest engineers win NASA's Vascular Tissue Challenge
Jun 09, 2021 (UPI)
Both teams used slightly different techniques to 3D-print vascularized liver tissue in the lab. Now, the two engineering teams will get the opportunity to test ...
Space travel weakens our immune systems
Jun 08, 2021 (SPX)
One of the most striking observations from Apollo missions was that just over half of astronauts became sick with colds or other infections within a week of ret...
Microscopic Superheroes to Help Protect Astronaut Health in Space
Jun 04, 2021 (SPX)
This chubby, microscopic, eight-legged animal may be an unlikely hero, but tardigrades, also known as water bears due to their shape under a microscope, possess...
One small step for cephalopods: SpaceX carrying research squids to ISS
Jun 03, 2021 (AFP)
The rocket, leased by NASA, launched from Florida at 1:29 pm local time (1729 GMT). The Dragon capsule detached from the Falcon 9 rocket about 12 minutes after ...
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