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Bone Health & Space travel: What happens after months in microgravity?
As NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have returned to Earth from the ISS, they will not only readjust to gravity but also face ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฅ๐ฎ๐๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ.
๐ฆด Extended stays in space can indeed lead to ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ง๐ญย ๐๐จ๐ง๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, similar to osteoporosis on Earth. Studies show astronauts can loseย 1-2% of their bone mass per monthย in microgravity, ๐ข๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐จ๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ก๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ-๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง. They would have at least re-adaptation program for 45 days from the moment they landed on Earth. Then, it may take years to recover…
๐ช Atย Atlantic Bone Screen, we have contributed few years ago to European space research by collaborating with the MEDES – Institute for Space Medicine and Physiology and SAntรฉ INgรฉniรฉrie BIOlogie St-Etienne (SAINBIOSE) Inserm UMR 1059ย on the “BONUS ” project,ย aiming at developingย preventive and therapeutic solutionsย for astronauts. Understanding these mechanisms is crucial not only forย space medicineย but also for advancing treatments for osteoporosis and other skeletal disorders on Earth.
๐งโ๐ With the rise ofย private space travel, these challenges may soon extend beyond astronauts toย future space tourists. ๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐๐ง ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ -๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ง๐๐ฑ๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ฌ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ฏ๐๐ฅ๐๐ซ๐ฌ? ๐งโ๐
๐ Learn more:
๐ย NASAโs insights on bone loss in space > https://lnkd.in/ecj-RKwt
๐ย Latest update on the astronauts’ return > https://lnkd.in/evUA_A7y
๐ย BONUS project description (in french)ย > https://lnkd.in/eyjGkQru