[HTML][HTML] Single-cell multi-ome and immune profiles of the Inspiration4 crew reveal conserved, cell-type, and sex-specific responses to spaceflight

JK Kim, BT Tierney, EG Overbey, E Dantas… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Spaceflight induces an immune response in astronauts. To better characterize this effect, we
generated single-cell, multi-ome, cell-free RNA (cfRNA), biochemical, and hematology data …

[HTML][HTML] Collection of biospecimens from the inspiration4 mission establishes the standards for the space omics and medical atlas (SOMA)

EG Overbey, K Ryon, JK Kim, BT Tierney… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The SpaceX Inspiration4 mission provided a unique opportunity to study the impact
of spaceflight on the human body. Biospecimen samples were collected from four crew …

The Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) and international astronaut biobank

EG Overbey, JK Kim, BT Tierney, J Park, N Houerbi… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Spaceflight induces molecular, cellular, and physiological shifts in astronauts and poses
myriad biomedical challenges to the human body, which are becoming increasingly relevant …

[HTML][HTML] Direct RNA sequencing of astronaut blood reveals spaceflight-associated m6A increases and hematopoietic transcriptional responses

K Grigorev, TM Nelson, EG Overbey, N Houerbi… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The advent of civilian spaceflight challenges scientists to precisely describe the effects of
spaceflight on human physiology, particularly at the molecular and cellular level. Newer …

[HTML][HTML] Transcriptomics analysis reveals molecular alterations underpinning spaceflight dermatology

H Cope, J Elsborg, S Demharter, JT McDonald… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Background Spaceflight poses a unique set of challenges to humans and the hostile
spaceflight environment can induce a wide range of increased health risks, including …

Genome and clonal hematopoiesis stability contrasts with immune, cfDNA, mitochondrial, and telomere length changes during short duration spaceflight

JS Garcia-Medina, K Sienkiewicz… - Precision Clinical …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background The Inspiration4 (I4) mission, the first all-civilian orbital flight mission,
investigated the physiological effects of short-duration spaceflight through a multi-omic …

[HTML][HTML] Aging and putative frailty biomarkers are altered by spaceflight

A Camera, M Tabetah, V Castañeda, JK Kim… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Human space exploration poses inherent risks to astronauts' health, leading to molecular
changes that can significantly impact their well-being. These alterations encompass …

Molecular and physiologic changes in the SpaceX Inspiration4 civilian crew

CW Jones, EG Overbey, J Lacombe, AJ Ecker… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Human spaceflight has historically been managed by government agencies, such as the
NASA Twins Study1, but new commercial spaceflight opportunities have opened spaceflight …