Buch, Englisch, 127 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 251 g
Buch, Englisch, 127 Seiten, Book, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 251 g
Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Space Life Sciences
ISBN: 978-3-319-41464-5
Verlag: Springer-Verlag GmbH
Several limiting factors for human health and performance in microgravity have been clearly identified as an unacceptable risk for long-term and interplanetary flights. Serious concerns arose whether spaceflight-associated immune system dysfunction ultimately precludes the expansion of human presence beyond Earth's orbit. The immune system has undergone many evolutionary steps to cope with a new and changing environment, but `space` has not been evolutionary experienced before. Through endocrine orchestration of cell functions, cell to cell communications and intracellular mechanisms the human body and his immune system have an enormous capacity to adapt and react to altered environmental conditions. Thus, the special sensitivity to altered gravity renders the immune system an ideal biological model system to understand if and how gravity on Earth is required for the normal function of cells and cellular networks. It is one of the most fundamental challenges to find out, if our organism and our cellular machinery are able to live and to adequately perform without the gravity field of Earth.
The book is written for immunologists and researchers in human physiology under normal and stressfull conditions.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Technische Wissenschaften Verkehrstechnik | Transportgewerbe Luft- und Raumfahrttechnik, Luftverkehr
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Immunologie
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Raumfahrt
- Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Vorklinische Medizin: Grundlagenfächer Physiologie
- Technische Wissenschaften Sonstige Technologien | Angewandte Technik Astronautik
Weitere Infos & Material
Immune system in evolution.- The immune system and man – environment interaction from the clinical and from fundamental research perspectives.- The effects of Space and Space like conditions on Immune functions from the clinical and from fundamental perspective.- The upcoming venues: Individualized preventive or therapeutic measure, - In vitro and in vivo tools to measure the efficacy of such measures.- Summary.