Publications by authors named "D Bezdan"
The ISS rodent habitat has provided crucial insights into the impact of spaceflight on mammals, inducing symptoms characteristic of liver disease, insulin resistance, osteopenia, and myopathy. Although these physiological responses can involve the microbiome on Earth, host-microbiota interactions during spaceflight are still being elucidated. We explore murine gut microbiota and host gene expression in the colon and liver after 29 and 56 days of spaceflight using multiomics.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCommon and rare alleles are now being annotated across millions of human genomes, and omics technologies are increasingly being used to develop health and treatment recommendations. However, these alleles have not yet been systematically characterized relative to aerospace medicine. Here, we review published alleles naturally found in human cohorts that have a likely protective effect, which is linked to decreased cancer risk and improved bone, muscular, and cardiovascular health.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFuture multi-year crewed planetary missions will motivate advances in aerospace nutrition and telehealth. On Earth, the Human Cell Atlas project aims to spatially map all cell types in the human body. Here, we propose that a parallel Human Cell Space Atlas could serve as an openly available, global resource for space life science research.
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- - Following the NASA twins' study, there's growing interest in using omics techniques in spaceflight, leading various space agencies to set up initiatives like NASA's GeneLab and JAXA's ibSLS.
- - The Space Omics Topical Team has made recommendations to standardize space omics practices in Europe, emphasizing collaboration with international efforts and improving local infrastructure.
- - Key recommendations include enhancing workforce and facility capabilities, tapping into opportunities in the commercial space sector, and expanding research involving human subjects.
Pathogenic bacteria and viruses in medical environments can lead to treatment complications and hospital-acquired infections. Current disinfection protocols do not address hard-to-access areas or may be beyond line-of-sight treatment, such as with ultraviolet radiation. The COVID-19 pandemic further underscores the demand for reliable and effective disinfection methods to sterilize a wide array of surfaces and to keep up with the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE).
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