Mighty Mice May Revolutionize Human Spaceflight – ExtremeTech

There are numerous risks associated with sending someone into space — it’s a completely foreign environment where even a small mistake can spell disaster. Our squishy Earth-bound bodies are so unaccustomed to space that simply being in microgravity can be dangerous long-term. The key to safer human space travel could be hiding inside these really buff mice. Scientists have found that blocking a protein in mice makes them resistant to muscle and bone wasting in space. Could humans be next?
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