Jun 30, 2015 | animal research, animals helping humans, Conditions
In the quest for space travel and eventually colonizing another planet, mice are at the forefront of this new frontier. I have written before about my own role in sending mice to the International Space Station for muscle wasting studies, but many other research projects using mice are helping keep our astronauts healthier after space […]
May 13, 2015 | animal research, animals helping humans, Conditions
Long term space flight could be detrimental to higher processing in the brain. Recently, researchers at the University of California and NASA have raised questions about whether space travel beyond the earth’s reaches could permanently affect how astronauts think. This comes in the midst of conversations about manned trips to Mars. Ionized particles and titanium […]
