Mice In Space

Scientists sent mighty mice to space to improve treatments back on earth.
Mice in space. Spacex launches genetically enhanced mighty mice to the international space station. A new study of mice living aboard the. Mice sent to the international space station returned with more muscle than they had when they arrived thanks to a new treatment. Bateman was in charge of every aspect of an experiment that took months to piece together with nasa the biotechnology company amgen and other researchers.
A few seconds later the spacecraft took off transporting some very unusual mice to the international space station where they would spend more than a month in near zero gravity. Mice on earth may like running in wheels but mice in space apparently take advantage of the microgravity to run in circles by bouncing off the walls. As nasa explains in a new blog post scientists sent a specially designed mouse habitat module to the international space station along with some of the furry little rodents. In december 2001 mice went on their first space odyssey.
In addition eight normal mice that received mighty mouse treatment in space returned to earth with dramatically bigger muscles. The mighty mice that went to space could help protect astronauts muscles and bones. Nasa is sending 40 genetically modified mice to space via this week s scheduled spacex dragon launch as part of its mighty mice in space experiment to investigate the possible effect of disabling. Its goal was to see if a protein called osteoprotegerin could keep mice from losing bone mass in space.