Waspie_Dwarf Posted February 6, 2014 #1 Share Posted February 6, 2014 (edited) Space Station Live: Studying the Immune System In SpaceAn experiment on the International Space Station explores why astronauts' immune systems become suppressed in microgravity. NASA Public Affairs Officer Lori Meggs talks about the experiment, T-Cell Activation in Aging, with Principal Investigator and former shuttle astronaut Millie Hughes Fulford. Read more...http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/857.htmlhttp://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/PS/hughes-fulford.htmlCredit: NASASource: NASA - Multimedia Edited August 18, 2014 by Waspie_Dwarf added new tag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted April 22, 2014 Author #2 Share Posted April 22, 2014 For an Immune Cell, Microgravity Mimics Aging Telling someone to “act your age” is another way of asking him or her to behave better. Age, however, does not always bring improvements. Certain cells of the immune system tend to misbehave with age, leaving the elderly more vulnerable to illness. Because these cells are known to misbehave similarly during spaceflight, researchers are studying the effects of microgravity on immune cells to better understand how our immune systems change as we age.Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 18, 2014 Author #3 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Study Reveals Immune System is Dazed and Confused During Spaceflight There is nothing like a head cold to make us feel a little dazed. We get things like colds and the flu because of changes in our immune system. Researchers have a good idea what causes immune system changes on Earth—think stress, inadequate sleep and improper nutrition. But the results of two NASA collaborative investigations-Validation of Procedures for Monitoring Crewmember Immune Function (Integrated Immune) and Clinical Nutrition Assessment of ISS Astronauts, SMO-016E (Clinical Nutrition Assessment)-recently published in the Journal of Interferon & Cytokine Research suggest that spaceflight may temporarily alter the immune system of crew members flying long duration missions aboard the International Space Station. This is of concern as NASA looks ahead to six-month and multiple-year missions to asteroids, the moon and Mars because something as simple as a cold or the flu can be risky business in space.Read more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waspie_Dwarf Posted August 18, 2014 Author #4 Share Posted August 18, 2014 HRP Space Immunology StudyNASA Immunologist Brian Crucian discusses the findings of a collaborative investigation that determined spaceflight causes changes to the immune system.Credit: NASASource: NASA - Multimedia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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