Mayo Clinic physician and researcher Dr. Abba Zubair's work combines two passions—medicine and space—for the benefit of astronauts and people on Earth. His research in space is yielding discoveries in ...

After returning to Earth, these cells from the AVATAR experiment will reveal how space radiation and microgravity affect the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Florida -- Mayo Clinic physician and researcher Dr. Abba Zubair's work combines two passions -- medicine and space -- for the benefit of astronauts and people on Earth. His research in ...

The University of Pittsburgh officially launched a $25 million biomedical institute Thursday aimed at bridging human health ...

Humans are hoping to colonize Mars in the near future, with NASA aiming to reach the Red Planet by 2040. But what will the long-haul space missions needed to get there do to the human body? Our ...

Explore the vital role of bone marrow stem cells. Learn how they drive bone remodeling, immunity, and skeletal health in this ...

Our slim body of knowledge of the universe is vastly overshadowed by what we do not know – whether there is sentient life on other planets, whether there are other planets that can sustain human life, ...

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has officially announced her retirement after a remarkable 27-year career in human spaceflight. Her time with NASA included three long missions to the International ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayo Clinic's pioneering exploration of stem cell-based therapies for bone loss is headed to space. Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D., is medical director of Transfusion Medicine and Stem ...

Micro-CT analysis and 3D reconstructions of the left maxillary bone with ligature-induced periodontitis between the first and second molars in ground control and hindlimb unloaded (HLU) ...