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Musk says patient moves cursor with brain implant
Feb 20, 2024 (AFP)
Last month, Musk's neurotechnology company installed a brain implant in its first human patient and on Monday Musk reported the experiment had been a success. "...
Space surgery: Doctors on ground operate robot on ISS for first time
Feb 14, 2024 (AFP)
The experiment, deemed a "huge success" by the participants, represents a new step in the development of space surgery, which could become necessary to treat me...
Understanding Astronauts' Microbiomes: A Key to Successful Deep Space Missions
Feb 12, 2024 (SPX)
The human microbiome comprises a vast array of microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and protozoa, that live in symbiosis with our bodies, particu...
Charite Launches International Master's Program in Space Medicine
Feb 02, 2024 (SPX)
Space medicine, a discipline that has grown in importance alongside the expansion of human activities in space, studies how the human body adapts to the extreme...
Boeing and NASA Collaborate on New ISS Experiment to Enhance Genes in Space Program
Jan 25, 2024 (SPX)
The Genes in Space program, co-founded by Boeing and miniPCRbio, has for almost a decade challenged students to develop experiments for spaceflight that address...
GMV led consortium advances public health analytics with EO4HEALTH Project
Jan 23, 2024 (SPX)
The core of EO4HEALTH lies in its role within a cluster of ESA Future EO Resilience activities. These activities are strategically designed to develop new servi...
Space Travel Taxes Astronauts' Brains, But Microbes On The Menu Could Help In Unexpected Ways
Jan 18, 2024 (The Conversation)
So we need to radically rethink how we feed astronauts not only on a challenging mission to Mars, which could be on the cards in the late 2030s or early 2040s, ...
High tech glove stymies Parkinson's disease tremors
Jan 10, 2024 (AFP)
At bay for the moment were tremors caused by Parkinson's disease affecting her muscle control. She could do things others take for granted, like write crisply w...
Bolivia's hypergravity blood cell test for astronaut health
Dec 22, 2023 (ESA)
Based at ESA's ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, the LDC is an 8 m-diameter four-arm centrifuge that gives researchers access to a range of hypergravit...
SpaceX returns vital life science research to Earth
Dec 22, 2023 (UPI)
The Elon Musk-owned astronautics company completed its 29th NASA-contracted commercial resupply services mission, which sent test samples to the ISS National La...
Bioprinting in 3D: 2023 Science Wrap
Dec 21, 2023 (SPX)
The process of 3D printing (also known as additive manufacturing) enables the design and production of one-of-a-kind items made of plastic, metal, and other mat...
Advanced Botany, Biology Promoting Health on Earth and in Space
Dec 11, 2023 (SPX)
Growing plants in space is critical as astronauts prepare for longer missions farther away from Earth. Space agriculture may help feed crews and provide a clean...
Counteracting Bone And Muscle Loss In Microgravity
Dec 04, 2023 (SPX)
Atrophy has serious implications for astronaut health. On Earth, muscle and bone loss or atrophy also occur from normal aging, sedentary lifestyles, and illness...
CubeSat launch platform by Vector Space Biosciences will boost space biotech
Nov 22, 2023 (SPX)
This innovative platform represents a combination of several cutting-edge technologies, including a biosciences lab, a CubeSat lab, and a language modeling/AI l...
Innovative antimicrobial coating by Boeing and Queensland University trialled on ISS
Nov 16, 2023 (SPX)
In the unique environment of space, human-associated microorganisms carry an increased risk of spreading disease and infection. These microbes can proliferate r...
Mount Sinai bioengineers send cardiac muscle samples into space to study heart cell biology in microgravity
Nov 16, 2023 (SPX)
Through this experiment, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai researchers aim to gain a better understanding of how cardiac muscle cells, or cardiomyocytes, ...
How to avoid getting disoriented in space
Nov 13, 2023 (SPX)
Even on Earth, between 1993 and 2013, spatial disorientation led to the loss of 65 aircraft, US$2.32 billion of damages and 101 deaths in the U.S. Could wearabl...
CNES, Pasteur Inst and SupBiotech sending Cerebral Ageing experiment to ISS
Nov 07, 2023 (SPX)
More specifically, Cerebral Ageing will study the ageing process of brain cells at molecular and cellular level. As this type of study is not possible to comple...
Spinal implant allows Parkinson's patient to walk again
Nov 06, 2023 (AFP)
The medical first was achieved by Swiss researchers who had previously pioneered similar breakthroughs to help paraplegic people walk again. "This could be a ga...
High-tech helmet holds promise for deaf American football players
Nov 04, 2023 (AFP)
That's because all but one of the players on the Gallaudet University American football team, in Washington, are all deaf or hard of hearing. "If our player is ...
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