… they’ll be sending up Methicillian-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, also known as MRSA or staph. The bug causes health problems like pneumonia and bloodstream infections. The ISS is the perfect place to conduct experiments on it, as it is basically …
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Why NASA is sending a superbug to the space station
… MRSA, sometimes called a staph, is resistant to the antibiotic methicillin and many others. It can cause a variety of health problems including sepsis, pneumonia and skin and bloodstream infections. Goel is a medical doctor and a physicist. She’s …
NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #731 13 January 2017
… Research Fund of the University of Oxford.” 5 Ronca AE, French AJ, Smith JD. Translating basic research to astronaut health in space: NASA Ames rodent specimen biobanking for the Human Research Program. Gravit Space Res. 2016 Dec;4(2):70-4. …