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