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Considerations for Development and Application of Health Monitoring Tools in Space

  • Ines KaufmannEmail author
  • Teodor Veres
  • Judith-Irina Buchheim
  • Alexander Choukér
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Abstract

Health maintenance and disease prevention in astronauts are of high priority during space missions. To achieve this aim, basic science of molecular biology has to be joined with modern noninvasive tools allowing high-fidelity research on diagnosing and monitoring of the astronauts’ health status. Experts from biology, medicine, and engineering should merge their expertise to enable additive effects for development and improvement of stress and immune-monitoring tools under extreme environmental conditions. This will hereby ensure not only the success of space missions, especially when leaving the Earth orbit in the future, but also will provide important impetus for many other applications on Earth as well.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Ines Kaufmann
    • 1
    Email author
  • Teodor Veres
    • 2
    • 3
    • 4
  • Judith-Irina Buchheim
    • 5
  • Alexander Choukér
    • 5
  1. 1.Munich Clinic NeuperlachMunichGermany
  2. 2.Life Sciences DivisionNational Research Council of CanadaOttawaCanada
  3. 3.Biomedical Engineering DepartmentMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
  4. 4.Bioengineering DepartmentMcGill UniversityMontrealCanada
  5. 5.Laboratory of Translational Research Stress and Immunity, Department of AnaesthesiologyHospital of the University of Munich (LMU)MunichGermany

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