NASA Twins Study: A year in space has little effect on gut microbiome
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Published in Science · View the paper (DOI)
A recent study published in Science found that a year-long mission to the International Space Station has a small but significant impact on the gut microbiome. The researchers discovered that the ratio of two dominant phyla of bacteria shifted during flight, but returned to normal after Scott Kelly's return to Earth.
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- NASA Twins Study: A year in space has little effect on gut microbiome University of Illinois Chicago · Apr 11, 2019 · first to report
- NASA Twins Study finds spaceflight affects gut bacteria Northwestern University · Apr 11, 2019
- Human genomics and physiology in the final frontier: Results from the NASA Twins Study American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) · Apr 11, 2019
- Astronaut twins study yields new insights and portable DNA sequencing tools Weill Cornell Medicine · Apr 11, 2019