NASA Commentator Amiko Kauderer talks with Dr. Rosamund Smith of Eli
Lilly, the principal investigator of the latest version of the Rodent
Research experiment underway on board the International Space Station.
The research uses mice as stand-ins for humans to assess how well a new
compound works to prevent skeletal muscle wasting and weakness, a
condition that effects astronauts who spent long periods of time in
weightlessness, as will the future crew members on journeys of
exploration beyond low Earth orbit. This research might also return
results that could impact people on Earth who suffer similar conditions.
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