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Space Health Institute selects new research studies by Staff Writers Houston TX (SPX) Oct 31, 2019
The Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) at Baylor College of Medicine has selected six new biomedical research projects for space applications to receive two years of funding. These projects aim to develop novel solutions to some of NASA's highest priority risks to human health and performance during deep space exploration missions. "The Institute is proud to fund this group of innovators working to support human health for deep space exploration," said Dr. Dorit Donoviel, director of the Translational Research Institute for Space Health at Baylor College of Medicine. "This work moves us all closer to the day we will send humans to Mars." Topic areas include imaging the eye as a means of assessing overall health; physical health surveillance of astronauts on deep space missions; augmented medical knowledge and guidance on deep space missions; and "just in time" medications. During their two years of funding, awardees will be tasked with delivering groundbreaking investigative research in these areas to protect astronaut health in deep space. The selected award recipients for the annual Biomedical Research Advances for Space Health (BRASH) 1901 solicitation are:
Wei Gao, Ph.D.
Luca Giancardo, Ph.D.
David Howell, Ph.D.
Robert Langer, Sc.D.
Karen A. McDonald, Ph.D.
Steven Yule, Ph.D. As a partner to NASA's Human Research Program, TRISH helps solve the health challenges to human deep space exploration. The Institute finds and funds disruptive, breakthrough research and technologies that can reduce risks to astronaut health and performance. The Institute is dedicated to connecting new researchers to collaborate with NASA. With this round of funding, TRISH has selected four investigators that had not previously received funding from NASA's Human Research Program. The Institute is funded through a cooperative agreement with NASA to Baylor College of Medicine and includes consortium partners Caltech and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Sign up online to be notified of future TRISH solicitation announcements.
NASA, industry partner for space-based study of potential alzheimer's key Huntsville AL (SPX) Oct 25, 2019 An innovative experiment underway on the International Space Station could help researchers make new progress in the fight against aggressive neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. The Ring-Sheared Drop experiment, developed and led by Teledyne Brown Engineering of Huntsville, Alabama, will be housed in the station's Microgravity Science Glovebox to enable study of the formation of potentially destructive amyloid fibrils, or protein clusters, like those found in the brain ... read more
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