Protracted presence in space weakens the immune system – scientists – “Voronezh Courier” – the newspaper online

Businesses of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center of NASA in Houston (USA) took the blood of the crew of the International Space Station (ISS) after a six-month stay in orbit. In this case the power of the immune response, and after returning to Earth remains weak. We examine the state of the astronauts and some Russian “biosatellites».

Honey. workers could not with 100% certainty what was related weakening of the immune system – with the stress generated by the takeoff and landing, or weightlessness.

Now, scientists can with certainty say that the absence of gravity significantly affected our work on the immune system, the human body does not less vulnerable.