Saturday, 25 January 2014

Space-Raised Flies Have Weaker Immunity, Less Resistance to Fungus

Getting into space may be adventurous, but it may not exactly be good for your immune system. Now a study by researchers at the University of California, Davis and published Jan. 24 in the journal iPLOS ONE/i shows how growing up on the Space Shuttle weakened a key arm of the immune system in iDrosophila/i flies. It's well-established that spaceflight affects immune responses, said Deborah Kimbrell, a researcher in the Department of Molecular and Cellular ...




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