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Microgravity and Vision Impairments in Astronauts

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Researchers have found that astronauts who suffered vision changes had lower serum folate and higher concentrations of homocysteine, cystathionine, 2-methyl citric acid, and methyl malonic acid than crewmembers who did not report visual deficits. The vision impairment problem is a multi-faceted issue that is characterized by significant intra-individual variation. Perhaps the answer lies in personalized medicine, or Omics.

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    An early adopter of the field is Inspiration Mars (Fig. 6.5), which is using the approach to optimize the safety and health of the crew. When Inspiration Mars conducts their crew selection, they will do so using Astro-Omics to find out which candidates are best suited to the 500 + day round-trip. Once the most genetically suitable candidates have been selected, the crew will be monitored using omics-based analysis, and individually-tailored countermeasures will be designed to keep the crew healthy en-route.

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Seedhouse, E. (2015). Diet and Personalized Medicine. In: Microgravity and Vision Impairments in Astronauts. SpringerBriefs in Space Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17870-7_6

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