Astronaut omics and the impact of space on the human body at scale.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 38862505.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1038/s41467-024-47237-0 and PMC identifier 11166943.
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Abstract
Future multi-year crewed planetary missions will motivate advances in aerospace nutrition and telehealth. On Earth, the Human Cell Atlas project aims to spatially map all cell types in the human body. Here, we propose that a parallel Human Cell Space Atlas could serve as an openly available, global resource for space life science research. As humanity becomes increasingly spacefaring, high-resolution omics on orbit could permit an advent of precision spaceflight healthcare. Alongside the scientific potential, we consider the complex ethical, cultural, and legal challenges intrinsic to the human space omics discipline, and how philosophical frameworks may benefit from international perspectives.
Medical subject headings
- Space Flight
- Astronauts