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Effects of Spaceflight on Human Skin [PDF]
Skin Pharmacology and Physiology, 2021 During both short- and long-duration spaceflight, several health problems can occur, including those of the skin. Astronauts in space and after returning to earth experience erythematous, burning, itchy, dry, sensitive, and thinning skin. Other skin problems, such as infections, abrasions, lacerations, delayed wound healing, and accelerated skin aging,
Árpád, Farkas, Gergő, Farkas
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30 years of CNES parabolic flights for the benefit of the scientific community
Comptes Rendus. Mécanique, 2023 Parabolic flights allow short microgravity investigations in Physical and Life Sciences, technology and instrumentation tests. The use of parabolic flights is complementary to other microgravity carriers, and preparatory to manned space missions onboard ...
Rouquette, Sébastien
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Effects of a Closed Space Environment on Gene Expression in Hair Follicles of Astronauts in the International Space Station. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Adaptation to the space environment can sometimes pose physiological problems to International Space Station (ISS) astronauts after their return to earth. Therefore, it is important to develop healthcare technologies for astronauts.
Masahiro Terada +8 more
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Psychological and Human Factors in Long Duration Spaceflight
McGill Journal of Medicine, 2020 The spaceflight environment is characterized by temperature extremes, microgravity, solar and galactic cosmic radiation, lack of atmospheric pressure, and high-speed micrometeorites.
Ephimia Morphew
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From space back to Earth: supporting sustainable development with spaceflight technologies
Sustainable Earth Reviews, 2021 For the past decades spaceflight has been a driver for technology development in various fields, e.g. generation of electrical power, and computers. Human spaceflight missions, require resources typically scarce (e.g.
Volker Maiwald +3 more
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Spaceflight enhances cell aggregation and random budding in Candida albicans. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 This study presents the first global transcriptional profiling and phenotypic characterization of the major human opportunistic fungal pathogen, Candida albicans, grown in spaceflight conditions. Microarray analysis revealed that C. albicans subjected to
Aurélie Crabbé +14 more
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Spaceflight promotes biofilm formation by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Understanding the effects of spaceflight on microbial communities is crucial for the success of long-term, manned space missions. Surface-associated bacterial communities, known as biofilms, were abundant on the Mir space station and continue to be a ...
Wooseong Kim +10 more
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Limitations in Predicting the Space Radiation Health Risk for Exploration Astronauts [PDF]
, 2018 Despite years of research, understanding of the space radiation environment and the risk it poses to long-duration astronauts remains limited. There is a disparity between research results and observed empirical effects seen in human astronaut crews ...
Auñón-Chancellor, Serena M. +6 more
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Heliyon, 2022 The purpose of the Maleth Program, also known as Project Maleth, is Malta's first space program to evaluate human skin tissue microbiome changes in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients afflicted with diabetic foot ulcers (DFU).
Christine Gatt +10 more
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