ArticleWomen's health (London, England)2016
The potential influence of the microbiota and probiotics on women during long spaceflights.
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- A prospective randomized clinical trial to assess antibiotic pocket irrigation on tissue expander breast reconstruction.Microbiology spectrum · 2023Article
- Prospective Use of Probiotics to Maintain Astronaut Health during Spaceflight.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Long-Duration Space Travel Support Must Consider Wider Influences to Conserve Microbiota Composition and Function.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Space Flight-Promoted Insulin Resistance as a Possible Disruptor of Wound Healing.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022Review
- Shelf Life and Simulated Gastrointestinal Tract Survival of Selected Commercial Probiotics During a Simulated Round-Trip Journey to Mars.Frontiers in microbiology · 2021Article
- The influence of spaceflight on the astronaut salivary microbiome and the search for a microbiome biomarker for viral reactivation.Microbiome · 2020Article
- Increased growth rate and amikacin resistance of Salmonella enteritidis after one-month spaceflight on China's Shenzhou-11 spacecraft.MicrobiologyOpen · 2019Article
- Space-type radiation induces multimodal responses in the mouse gut microbiome and metabolome.Microbiome · 2017Article
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Abstract
Humans have been exploring space for almost 55 years but space travel comes with many psychological and physiological changes that astronauts have to adapt to, both during and post flight missions. Now, with the reality of such missions lasting years, maintaining proper health of the flight crew is a high priority. While conditions such as nausea, bone loss, renal calculi and depression have been recognized, and approaches to medical and surgical care in space considered, the influence of the microbiota could be of added significance in maintaining astronaut health. While probiotics have long been part of the Russian cosmonaut diet, their use for specific health concerns of women has not been assessed. In this article, we explore the ways in which the microbiome may influence the health of female astronauts during long space flights, and present a rationale for the use of probiotics.
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