Space travel has advanced significantly over the last six decades with astronauts spending
up to 6 months at the International Space Station. Nonetheless, the living environment while …

Astronauts returning from space shuttle missions or the International Space Station have
been diagnosed with various health problems such as bone demineralization, muscle …

A lack of gravity experienced during space flight has been shown to have profound effects
on human physiology including muscle atrophy, reductions in bone density and immune …

Functioning as the outermost self-renewing protective layer of the human organism, skin
protects against a multitude of harmful biological and physical stimuli. Consisting of …

The weightlessness or microgravity, a physical factor in space, may adversely affect the
health of the space travellers or astronauts. The knowledge about the effect of microgravity …

Abstract Space is a challenging environment that deregulates individual homeostasis. The
main external hazards associated with spaceflight include ionizing space radiation …

Highlights What are the main findings? For the first time, the in vitro effects of simulated
microgravity using a Random Positioning Machine on the ultrastructural features of human …

Cancer is defined as a group of diseases characterized by abnormal cell growth, expansion,
and progression with metastasis. Various signaling pathways are involved in its …

Living organisms adapt to changing environments using their amazing flexibility to remodel
themselves by a process called evolution. Environmental stress causes selective pressure …

Ovarian follicles are the fundamental structures that support oocyte development, and
communications between oocytes and follicle somatic cells are crucial for oogenesis …