Microgravity - Bone Wasting/Brittle Bones - Dinosaurs in space
@EarthMoonMars
Bone Loss. Crocodiles seem to be natures ultimate survivors. Surviving millennia against hunger , disease, predators ,radiation. Did they also develop any strategies against bone wasting ? Could their cellular strategies/adaptions be applied to space habitation or disease on Earth such as brittle bones?
Does this mean firing a dwarf crocodile at Saturn? No. It means culturing crocodile bone cells and exposing to what is called ''microgravity'' in the lab. This can be done using a random positioning machine. It can also be done using magnetic levitation. Then ask do these ''dino-cells'' switch on any cellular-countermeasures? With novel molecules found [if any] being adapted to treat diseases such as Osteogenesis Imperfecta [brittle bones]. Novel medicines are valuable. As per the #space4 ethos it is argued this work could again reduce animal testing and be done as an entrepreneurial business . It could also raise the profile of Orphan Diseases [such as brittle bone] research. References within draft business plan.
NB . A move was [Sept 2014] made by NASA to launch a mouse in space - the MURF-1 mouse. A mouse model for a muscle wasting disease. We believe if space agencies must do that then use the already well documented CF [Cystic Fibrosis] mouse and monitor effect of microgravity on mucus transport /load . Ultimately though we say study the space adaption of ''evolutionary relics'' .
Enjoyed the space4 ''Dinosaur's In Space'' concept but prefer to support orphan disease a little more directly then please donate to preferred charity [ref space4] www.care4brittlebones.nl
Account number 58.93.10.755
Recipient: to Care4BrittleBones.
IBAN: NL44ABNA0589310755
BIC: ABNANL2A
NB . A move was [Sept 2014] made by NASA to launch a mouse in space - the MURF-1 mouse. A mouse model for a muscle wasting disease. We believe if space agencies must do that then use the already well documented CF [Cystic Fibrosis] mouse and monitor effect of microgravity on mucus transport /load . Ultimately though we say study the space adaption of ''evolutionary relics'' .
Enjoyed the space4 ''Dinosaur's In Space'' concept but prefer to support orphan disease a little more directly then please donate to preferred charity [ref space4] www.care4brittlebones.nl
Account number 58.93.10.755
Recipient: to Care4BrittleBones.
IBAN: NL44ABNA0589310755
BIC: ABNANL2A
| dis_executive_summary.txt |
| dinosaurs_in_space_draft_business_plan.pdf |
| dinosaurs_in_space_draft_business_plan.docx |
Image sources: freeimages.co.uk, Ornithology 2007, Freeman and Company, NASA.