Mechanical regulation of bone remodeling

L Wang, X You, L Zhang, C Zhang, W Zou - Bone research, 2022 - nature.com
Bone remodeling is a lifelong process that gives rise to a mature, dynamic bone structure via
a balance between bone formation by osteoblasts and resorption by osteoclasts. These …

Fundamental biological features of spaceflight: advancing the field to enable deep-space exploration

E Afshinnekoo, RT Scott, MJ MacKay, E Pariset… - Cell, 2020 - cell.com
Research on astronaut health and model organisms have revealed six features of
spaceflight biology that guide our current understanding of fundamental molecular changes …

The Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) and international astronaut biobank

EG Overbey, JK Kim, BT Tierney, J Park, N Houerbi… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Spaceflight induces molecular, cellular and physiological shifts in astronauts and poses
myriad biomedical challenges to the human body, which are becoming increasingly relevant …

High-throughput telomere length measurement at nucleotide resolution using the PacBio high fidelity sequencing platform

CY Tham, LF Poon, TD Yan, JYP Koh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Telomeres are specialized nucleoprotein structures at the ends of linear chromosomes. The
progressive shortening of steady-state telomere length in normal human somatic cells is a …

A second space age spanning omics, platforms and medicine across orbits

CE Mason, J Green, KI Adamopoulos, EE Afshin… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
The recent acceleration of commercial, private and multi-national spaceflight has created an
unprecedented level of activity in low Earth orbit, concomitant with the largest-ever number …

Collection of biospecimens from the inspiration4 mission establishes the standards for the space omics and medical atlas (SOMA)

EG Overbey, K Ryon, JK Kim, BT Tierney… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The SpaceX Inspiration4 mission provided a unique opportunity to study the impact
of spaceflight on the human body. Biospecimen samples were collected from four crew …

Sedentary behavior and the biological hallmarks of aging

J Raffin, P de Souto Barreto, AP Le Traon… - Ageing Research …, 2023 - Elsevier
While the benefits of physical exercise for a healthy aging are well-recognized, a growing
body of evidence shows that sedentary behavior has deleterious health effects …

Arabidopsis telomerase takes off by uncoupling enzyme activity from telomere length maintenance in space

BB Barcenilla, AD Meyers, C Castillo-González… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Spaceflight-induced changes in astronaut telomeres have garnered significant attention in
recent years. While plants represent an essential component of future long-duration space …

Circadian regulation in aging: Implications for spaceflight and life on earth

D Malhan, B Schoenrock, M Yalçin, D Blottner… - Aging …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Alterations in the circadian system are characteristic of aging on Earth. With the decline in
physiological processes due to aging, several health concerns including vision loss …

[HTML][HTML] Carcinogenesis induced by space radiation: A systematic review

Z Guo, G Zhou, W Hu - Neoplasia, 2022 - Elsevier
The carcinogenic risk from space radiation has always been a health risk issue of great
concern during space exploration. In recent years, a large number of cellular and animal …