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Why space is the next frontier to accelerate medical research

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Private space missions like Polaris Dawn present a valuable opportunity to collect health data before, during, and after exposure to spaceflight.

These new data points will inform researchers studying the body’s response to space, leading to safer space exploration for people of all backgrounds as well as potential health improvements and new medical innovations on Earth .

Dorit Donoviel , Ph.D. , is the Executive Director of the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) She is also an associate professor and Director of Research at Baylor College of Medicine’s Center for Space Medicine .

The laboratory above our heads in space will lead to impacts closer to Earth than we may initially think.

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