Spaceflight May Increase Susceptibility To Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Friday, August 7, 2015 - 17:10 in Health & Medicine

Prolonged spaceflight may give you a nasty case of diarrhea, at least if you are a mouse. Specifically, when mice were subjected to simulated spaceflight conditions, the balance of bacteria and the function of immune cells in the gut changed, leading to increased bowel inflammation.   read more

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