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Annotation The sixth volume in Space Biology and Medicine is a volume with contributors from all spacefaring nations. Although all space agencies must currently operate under server budgetary restraints, progress in the field of space biology and medicine continues. The preparations for the International Space Station, in which Russia is going to participate with the United States, Europe, Japan, and Canada, are also continuing. For the longer term, studies for a Lunar Station are in progress. The contributions to this volume are witness of all these activities. Two chapters deal with the effects of weightlessness on the immune system. Taylor and colleagues review the effects in vivo, indicating a reduction of the immune function in space. The blunting of the immune function after short-term flights resembles that after acute stress on the ground, while long-term effects compare to those caused by chronic stress. Cogoli and Cogoli-Greuter describe studies on single cells, which show that proliferation and cytokine expression of T-lymphocytes are reduced in microgravity, possibly through a non-equilibrium thermodynamic effect. Preparation for long-term space missions is the express

Who reads Advances In Space Biology And Medicine, Volume 6?

Author

Sjoerd L. Bonting (Eds.)

Publisher

Elsevier Science [Imprint] Elsevier Science & Technology Books

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780762301478

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Science, Technology, Chemistry