(13,21,22) The current analysis indicates that
microgravity could induce similar alterations in this local wall geometry through changes to the overall shape of the heart.
The research of Mary Kearns-Jonker of Loma Linda University in California and Roland Kaunas of Texas A&M University will gauge the impact of
microgravity on fundamental stem cell properties.
Castillo said his team was at the "very start of all of our preliminary research" and the brewers had more work to do on understanding the effects of
microgravity on alcohol absorption.
Space microbiology:
microgravity and microorganisms, p.
The MIP 1 alpha level was decreased in
microgravity which is potential markers of bone loss [20].
Porterfield explains: "We wanted to do more research on this system, but the technology to do dynamic experiments in
microgravity was not available.
The first muscles to atrophy in
microgravity, Baldwin says, are in the calves, thighs, and back.
Future space exploration and research depends on the ability of humans to survive and operate during and after long-term exposure to a
microgravity environment.
The experiment was conducted in the
microgravity of orbit because the changes in viscosity that take place in the critical state cannot be measured accurately in Earth's gravity.
The scientific interest of experiments in
microgravity in a series of fields (life sciences, material technologies, radiation protection, etc.) is beyond dispute (manned flights are in this respect much more interesting that unmanned flights).
This project will determine whether blood clotting factor homologues are expressed in fiber type-specific muscle exposed to the atrophy of simulated
microgravity. During the next several weeks blood clotting factors will be generated as P32 labeled or biotin labeled (non-radioactive) cDNA probes to probe Northern RNA blots containing total RNA extracted from adult male rat skeletal muscle exposed to the atrophy of simulated
microgravity.
The Space Shuttle and International Space Station provide a unique
microgravity environment for research that is a critical part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) mission to improve the quality of life on Earth and enable the health and safety of space explorers for long duration missions beyond our solar system.
