All Posts: biological effects of space travel

• Space Travel Can Adversely Impact Energy Production in a Cell

  WASHINGTON (November 25, 2020) — Studies of both mice and humans who have traveled into space reveal that critical parts of a cell’s energy production machinery, the mitochondria, can be made dysfunctional due to changes in gravity, radiation exposure and other factors, according to investigators at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. These findings are part […]

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