Is the effectiveness of RNAi in Caenorhabditis elegans maintained during spaceflight?
Treatment with RNAi works as effectively in the space environment as on Earth within multiple tissues, suggesting RNAi may provide an effective tool for combating spaceflight-induced pathologies aboard future long-duration space missions. Furthermore, this is the first demonstration that RNAi can be utilised to block muscle protein degradation, both on Earth and in space.
The present study demonstrated that tight heart rate control improved the outcome of medical treatment in patients with aortic dissection.