Health
Research looks to outer space to learn about human health on Earth
As an oncologist, Adam Dicker has seen how cancer treatments can pummel the body to knock out tumors, sometimes leading to deteriorating bones, more infections, and haywire sleep cycles.
by Aparna Nathan - The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
Jun. 28 2021 @ 11:05pm
Adam Dicker is leading one of the Jefferson studies that will be conducted during the first private mission to the International Space Station in 2022. (David Maialetti/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
PHILADELPHIA As an oncologist, Adam Dicker has seen how cancer treatments can pummel the body to knock out tumors, sometimes leading to deteriorating bones, more infections, and haywire sleep cycles. But others have observed similar ailments in a group of healthy people: astronauts who spend time in space.
Three projects from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have been selected as part of next year's Rakia mission to the International Space Station. The projects will examine different facets of how space travel impacts the human body.