Background: With renewed interest in long-duration space missions, there is growing exploration into synthetic torpor as a countermeasure to mitigate physiological stressors. Sedative agents, particularly those used in clinical anesthesia, […]
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Working Toward Human Hibernation During Long Term Spaceflight
Editor’s note: As we start to move off-world on longer space missions, the issue of crew health, food, life support, and overall safety becomes a pressing issue. If you can […]
Posted inCryobiology, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Habitable Zones, Microbiology & Virology, Microgravity, Press Release
Tardigrades Are Less Cosmopolitan And More Diverse Than Has Been Thought
Tardigrades are microscopic invertebrates measuring between 0.2 mm and 1.1 mm in length. They are close relatives of arthropods (spiders, insects, crustaceans), and can live in wide variety of environments. […]
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Astrobiology Spinoff? Introduced Tardigrade Proteins Can Slow Metabolism In Human Cells
Editor’s note: although NASA did not sponsor research wherein tardigrade proteins were tested in human cells to see if they work – someone did. This emerged as the result of […]
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A Step Toward Human Hibernation On Deep Space Missions? Induction Of A torpor-like State With Ultrasound
Editor’s note: As we start to move off-world on longer space missions, the issue of crew health, food, life support, and overall safety becomes a pressing issue. If you can […]