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To study aging, scientists are looking to outer space

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December 2, 2020As anyone who has experienced middle age will know, the process of growingold can be extremely hard on the body. Your ,your ,the ,and .affect how you move about the world, whileimpair how you see it. andeventually set in as people approach theend of their lives.These ,however, can also be caused by something less common: .Spaceflight influences biology in dramatic ways, and people in space appearto experience the effects of aging faster than people on Earth. Now, scientistshave gained a better understanding of space travel’s influence on livingbeings than ever before. A examinethe biological hazards of spaceflight in 56 astronauts—more than 10 percentof all the people who have ever been to space.The new studies bring us a step closer to identifying the mechanisms underpinningthe biological responses to living in space. More than 200 scientists demonstratedthat space upends the genes, mitochondrial function, and chemical balancesin the cells to trigger a cascade of broader health effects in spacefaringhumans and animals.“The entire body is affected, because [space] is such a different andextreme environment,” says ,a radiologist at Colorado State University who participated in multipleof the new studies.You are going to nationalgeographic.com/tv and different terms of useand privacy policy will apply.Copyright © 1996-2015 National Geographic Society.Copyright © 2015-2022 National Geographic Partners, LLC. All rights reservedforfull access to read stories from National Geographic.

December 2, 2020As anyone who has experienced middle age will know, the process of growingold can be extremely hard on the body. Your ,your ,the ,and .affect how you move about the world, whileimpair how you see it. andeventually set in as people approach theend of their lives.These ,however, can also be caused by something less common: .Spaceflight influences biology in dramatic ways, and people in space appearto experience the effects of aging faster than people on Earth. Now, scientistshave gained a better understanding of space travel’s influence on livingbeings than ever before. A...

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