Published on December 4, 2017
NASA Commentator Amiko Kauderer talks with Dr. Rosamund Smith of Eli Lilly, the principal investigator of the latest version of the Rodent Research experiment underway on board the International Space Station. The research uses mice as stand-ins for humans to assess how well a new compound works to prevent skeletal muscle wasting and weakness, a condition that effects astronauts who spent long periods of time in weightlessness, as will the future crew members on journeys of exploration beyond low Earth orbit. This research might also return results that could impact people on Earth who suffer similar conditions.
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