Lorenzo Nardi, Nithin Maipan Davis, Serena Sansolini, Thiago Baratto de Albuquerque, Mohcine Laarraj, Domenico Caputo, Giampiero de Cesare, Seyedeh Rojin Shariati Pour, Martina Zangheri, Donato Calabria, Massimo Guardigli, Michele Balsamo, Elisa Carrubba, Fabrizio Carubia, Marco Ceccarelli, Michele Ghiozzi, Liyana Popova, Andrea Tenaglia, Marino Crisconio, Alessandro Donati, Augusto Nascetti, Mara Mirasoli
One of the main challenges to be faced in deep space missions is to protect the health and ensure the maximum efficiency of the crew by preparing methods of prevention and in situ diagnosis. Indeed, the hostile environment causes important health problems, ranging from muscle atrophy, osteopenia, and immunological and metabolic alterations due to microgravity, to an increased risk of cancer caused by exposure to radiation. It is, therefore, necessary to provide new methods for the real-time measurement of biomarkers suitable for deepening our knowledge of the effects of space flight on the balance of the immune system and for allowing the monitoring of the astronaut's health during long-term missions...
January 30, 2024: Biosensors