Space travel, illnesses like COVID-19 and climbing Mount Everest can trigger the body’s stress response systems in similar ways, according to new studies by Weill Cornell Medicine, space agencies and other investigators.
Source: Studies offer tips on lessening spaceflight-related risk | Cornell Chronicle
“It’s a turning point in space biology and aerospace medicine,” said Mason, who also is co-director of the WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction and the WorldQuant Research Scholar at Weill Cornell Medicine. “We can start thinking at the molecular and cellular level about longer term missions, and also what drugs, countermeasures and therapies could be tried to minimize the risks for astronauts.”
