Astronaut omics and the impact of space on the human body at scale

Lindsay A. Rutter, Henry Cope, Matthew J. MacKay, Raúl Herranz, Saswati Das, Sergey A. Ponomarev, Sylvain V. Costes, Amber M. Paul, Richard Barker, Deanne M. Taylor, Daniela Bezdan, Nathaniel J. Szewczyk, Masafumi Muratani, Christopher E. Mason () and Stefania Giacomello ()
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Lindsay A. Rutter: University of Tsukuba
Henry Cope: University of Nottingham
Matthew J. MacKay: Weill Cornell Medicine
Raúl Herranz: Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas “Margarita Salas” (CSIC)
Saswati Das: Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences & Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital
Sergey A. Ponomarev: Russian Academy of Sciences
Sylvain V. Costes: NASA Ames Research Center
Amber M. Paul: Department of Human Factors and Behavioral Neurobiology
Richard Barker: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Deanne M. Taylor: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Daniela Bezdan: University of Tübingen
Nathaniel J. Szewczyk: University of Nottingham
Masafumi Muratani: University of Tsukuba
Christopher E. Mason: Weill Cornell Medicine
Stefania Giacomello: KTH Royal Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2024, vol. 15, issue 1, 1-13

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2024
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