Review Article, Cell Biol Res Ther Vol: 2 Issue: 2
The Human Skeletal System and Spaceflight Analogs
| Mamta Patel Nagaraja* |
| 1NASA Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, USA |
| Corresponding author : Mamta Patel Nagaraja, Ph.D NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058 Tel: 979-574-4562 E-mail: mamta.nagaraja@nasa.gov |
| Received: July 19, 2013 Accepted: November 22, 2013 Published: November 25, 2013 |
| Citation: Mamta PN, The Human Skeletal System and Spaceflight Analogs. Cell Biol: Res Ther 2:2. doi:10.4172/2324-9293.1000107 |
Abstract
The Human Skeletal System and Spaceflight Analogs
The human skeletal system is a dynamic system that plays vital roles in the sustenance of life. Bone loss is a phenomenon that occurs in humans both in short and in long term spaceflights. The phenotype can be also reproduced on the ground in human and animals and also modeled in cell-based analogs. With limited missions in space, experimental studies in these analogs have provided much of our understanding of bone loss.
