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Personalized medicine in human space flight: using Omics based analyses to develop individualized countermeasures that enhance astronaut safety and performance

Overview of attention for article published in Metabolomics, June 2013
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Title
Personalized medicine in human space flight: using Omics based analyses to develop individualized countermeasures that enhance astronaut safety and performance
Published in
Metabolomics, June 2013
DOI 10.1007/s11306-013-0556-3
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Authors

Michael A. Schmidt, Thomas J. Goodwin

Abstract

Space flight is one of the most extreme conditions encountered by humans. Advances in Omics methodologies (genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics) have revealed that unique differences exist between individuals. These differences can be amplified in extreme conditions, such as space flight. A better understanding of individual differences may allow us to develop personalized countermeasure packages that optimize the safety and performance of each astronaut. In this review, we explore the role of "Omics" in advancing our ability to: (1) more thoroughly describe the biological response of humans in space; (2) describe molecular attributes of individual astronauts that alter the risk profile prior to entering the space environment; (3) deploy Omics techniques in the development of personalized countermeasures; and (4) develop a comprehensive Omics-based assessment and countermeasure platform that will guide human space flight in the future. In this review, we advance the concept of personalized medicine in human space flight, with the goal of enhancing astronaut safety and performance. Because the field is vast, we explore selected examples where biochemical individuality might significantly impact countermeasure development. These include gene and small molecule variants associated with: (1) metabolism of therapeutic drugs used in space; (2) one carbon metabolism and DNA stability; (3) iron metabolism, oxidative stress and damage, and DNA stability; and (4) essential input (Mg and Zn) effects on DNA repair. From these examples, we advance the case that widespread Omics profiling should serve as the foundation for aerospace medicine and research, explore methodological considerations to advance the field, and suggest why personalized medicine may become the standard of care for humans in space.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 1%
United States 1 1%
Korea, Republic of 1 1%
South Africa 1 1%
Unknown 92 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 16 17%
Researcher 14 15%
Student > Master 12 13%
Student > Ph. D. Student 9 9%
Other 8 8%
Other 16 17%
Unknown 21 22%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 15 16%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 15 16%
Medicine and Dentistry 7 7%
Engineering 6 6%
Computer Science 5 5%
Other 24 25%
Unknown 24 25%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 15. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 12 March 2022.
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