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SUBMITTER: Rutter L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7733874 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Patterns (New York, N.Y.) 20201125 9
Space agencies have announced plans for human missions to the Moon to prepare for Mars. However, the space environment presents stressors that include radiation, microgravity, and isolation. Understanding how these factors affect biology is crucial for safe and effective crewed space exploration. There is a need to develop countermeasures, to adapt plants and microbes for nutrient sources and bioregenerative life support, and to limit pathogen infection. Scientists across the world are conductin ...[more]