Protective alleles and precision healthcare in crewed spaceflight.

Daniela Bezdan, Henry Cope, Stefania Giacomello, Nathaniel J Szewczyk, Masafumi Muratani, Michael A Schmidt, Braden T Tierney, George M Church, Christopher E Mason, Lindsay A Rutter, Matthew J MacKay, JangKeun Kim, Eliah Overbey, Ben Lamm, Amber M Paul

Journal: Nature communications 2024;15(1):6158

PMID: 39039045

Abstract

Common and rare alleles are now being annotated across millions of human genomes, and omics technologies are increasingly being used to develop health and treatment recommendations. However, these alleles have not yet been systematically characterized relative to aerospace medicine. Here, we review published alleles naturally found in human cohorts that have a likely protective effect, which is linked to decreased cancer risk and improved bone, muscular, and cardiovascular health. Although some technical and ethical challenges remain, research into these protective mechanisms could translate into improved nutrition, exercise, and health recommendations for crew members during deep space missions.

© 2024. The Author(s).

Address: Transborder Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.; Department of Genome Biology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.; School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10021, USA.; The WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.; School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, DE22 3DT, UK.; School of Medicine, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, DE22 3DT, UK.; Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute (OMNI), Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, OH, 45701, USA.; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA.; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10021, USA.; Transborder Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.; Department of Genome Biology, Institute of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, 305-8575, Japan.; Colossal Biosciences, 1401 Lavaca St, Unit #155 Austin, Austin, TX, 78701, USA.; Institute of Medical Genetics and Applied Genomics, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.; NGS Competence Center Tübingen (NCCT), University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.; Yuri GmbH, Meckenbeuren, Germany.; Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Department of Human Factors and Behavioral Neurobiology, Daytona Beach, FL, 32114, USA.; Sovaris Aerospace, Boulder, CO, 80302, USA. [email protected].; Advanced Pattern Analysis & Human Performance Group, Boulder, CO, 80302, USA. [email protected].; GC Therapeutics Inc, Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA. [email protected].; Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02115, USA. [email protected].; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02115, USA. [email protected].; SciLifeLab, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 17165, Sweden. [email protected].; Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA. [email protected].; The HRH Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10021, USA. [email protected].; The WorldQuant Initiative for Quantitative Prediction, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA. [email protected].; Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02115, USA. [email protected].; The Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, 10065, USA. [email protected].
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