Space Flight
Negative effects on immunity in mice may reflect problems in humans
Published in Blood Weekly, June 19th, 2003
"This portion of the study quantified the effects of a 12-day space shuttle mission (Space Transport System-108/UF-1) on body and lymphoid organ masses, activation marker expression, cytokine secretion, and erythrocyte and thrombocyte characteristics in C57BL/6 mice," investigators in the United States report.
"Animals in flight (Flt group) had 10-12% lower body mass compared with ground controls housed either in animal enclosure modules or under standard vivarium conditions (p<0.001) and the smallest thymus and spleen masses.
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Source: Blood Weekly (2003-06-19)
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