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Immune System Changes During Space Travel Could Affect Aging on Earth
Jun 12, 2024 (SPX)
Two Buck scientists led a team that has revealed for the first time how the lack of gravity affects the cells of the immune system at single cell resolution. As...
'Whole family cried': New gene therapy offers hope for deaf kids
Jun 05, 2024 (AFP)
He is one of five children whose hearing was restored through a revolutionary new gene therapy in a clinical trial led by Chinese and American researchers, offe...
MIT scientists learn how to control muscles with light
May 23, 2024 (SPX)
MIT researchers have developed a new approach that they hope could someday offer better muscle control with less fatigue. Instead of using electricity to stimul...
Using MRI, engineers have found a way to detect light deep in the brain
May 11, 2024 (SPX)
While this technique works well in cells and some tissues of the body, it has been difficult to apply this technique to image structures deep within the brain, ...
Simulated microgravity impacts human sleep and biological rhythms
Apr 23, 2024 (SPX)
The research highlights the influence of 60 days in a head-down tilt bed rest, a common method to simulate microgravity, on various physiological parameters inc...
NASA Expands Collaboration with Commercial Partners on Space Station Medical Protocols
Apr 10, 2024 (SPX)
Dr. Rahul Suresh, a medical officer at NASA's Johnson Space Center, highlighted the lack of established industry standards and government regulations for managi...
Revolutionizing Space Medicine: ESA Develops 3D-Bioprinted Blood Vessel Models
Apr 05, 2024 (SPX)
Benedetto Caracci, a biomedical engineering student from the University of Pavia and intern at ESA's ESTEC technical center, spearheads this ESA-endorsed projec...
Implantable Oxygen-Powered Batteries: A New Era for Medical Devices
Apr 01, 2024 (SPX)
Xizheng Liu, the study's leading author from Tianjin University of Technology, highlights the significance of oxygen, a vital life source, as a continuous power...
Space Study Sheds Light on Human Perception and Safety in Zero Gravity
Mar 26, 2024 (SPX)
The research, a collaborative effort with the Canadian Space Agency and NASA, suggests significant implications for astronaut safety in space. It could also off...
NASA touts space research in anti-cancer fight
Mar 24, 2024 (AFP)
Space is "a unique place for research," astronaut Frank Rubio said at the event in Washington. The 48-year-old, a physician and former military helicopter pilot...
Space-Born Muscle Monitoring Technology Promises Earthly Healthcare Advancements
Mar 21, 2024 (SPX)
A collaborative effort involving the University of Southampton and spearheaded by Charite University in Berlin enabled a team of researchers to observe the musc...
Neuralink shows quadriplegic playing chess with brain implant
Mar 21, 2024 (AFP)
Noland Arbaugh, 29, who was left paralyzed from the shoulders down by a diving accident eight years ago, told of playing chess and the videogame "Civilization" ...
Study shows bed rest simulating space affects human gene rhythms
Mar 20, 2024 (SPX)
The study underscores the effects of microgravity on human physiology, which includes immune system weakening, inflammation escalation, and the decline of muscl...
Plasma Technology Marks a New Era in Chronic Wound Care, Offering Hope to Millions
Mar 19, 2024 (SPX)
The novel approach employs plasma to activate hydrogel dressings-widely used in wound care-with a special mix of chemical oxidants, effectively decontaminating ...
Headaches Become More Common for Astronauts in Space
Mar 14, 2024 (SPX)
The investigation, led by W. P. J. van Oosterhout, MD, PhD, from Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands, suggests that the unique conditions of spa...
Exploring Brain Function and Adaptation in Space: China's Innovative EEG Research Aboard Tiangong
Mar 13, 2024 (SPX)
At the heart of this exploration is the in-orbit electroencephalogram (EEG) test, spearheaded by Wang Bo and his team at the China Astronaut Research and Traini...
The psychological barrier of deep space exploration
Mar 11, 2024 (SPX)
As a psychiatrist who has studied space crew member interactions in orbit, I'm interested in the stressors that will occur during a Mars mission and how to miti...
Nicole McGaa: Ensuring safe travels in space
Mar 07, 2024 (SPX)
"I saw space as a place that was open for possibilities. The fact that 'Star Trek' is in a space setting is what invites people to think about what the future w...
Just add AI for expert astronaut ultrasound
Mar 07, 2024 (ESA)
"The success of crewed exploration comes down to the health and safety of our astronauts," explains ESA biomedical engineer Arnaud Runge, overseeing the project...
Top 5: Space for your health
Mar 04, 2024 (ESA)
Gravity affects everything we do and everything that happens inside and around us. On Earth's surface, everything is subject to an average gravitational acceler...
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