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Nasa wants to alter the DNA of Mars astronauts ....to protect them from cancerous...space radiation
Mailonline ^ | 9 October 2017 | Tim Collins

Posted on 10/09/2017 5:05:03 PM PDT by BenLurkin

One of the techniques currently under development that it is following is NMN, a compound expected to enter clinical trials after it was shown to rejuvenate elderly mice in laboratory tests.

It is also considering making more advanced tweaks or alterations to the DNA of its astronauts, although the moral implications of such a radical step will need to be addressed.

This includes epigenetic modifications, which alter the way genes are read by the body without making changes to the underlying DNA code.

Using such a technique would allow Nasa's scientists to turn up the volume on one genetic instruction or mute another.

This may help to prevent cancers, dementia and other radiation related illnesses from developing, as well as boosting the body's resilience to its effects.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: dna; eugenics; mars; masterrace; nasa; radiation
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To: BenLurkin; SaveFerris; PROCON; FredZarguna; mylife; Lil Flower; Corky Ramirez; CopperTop; ...
Are they going to take the astronaut pen? I heard it writes upside down!
21 posted on 10/09/2017 6:31:20 PM PDT by Gamecock ("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
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To: mountainlion
They want to turn them into MICE?/s What could possibly go wrong?

According to the mice we have a long way to go.


22 posted on 10/09/2017 6:55:07 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: BenLurkin

I hear it turns your skin gray


23 posted on 10/09/2017 7:07:40 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: BenLurkin
Adapting human DNA to life in space. I can imagine what such changes might someday yield.


24 posted on 10/09/2017 7:33:58 PM PDT by katana
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To: katana

That and minds which are 1/2 computer.


25 posted on 10/09/2017 7:59:36 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: Reily

On a Mars trip, do the powers that be expect the astronauts to land, pop the hatch, and start exploring? When crews come back from the ISS, they are wobbly and need assistance to move around. Once on Mars, there will be no assistance. How long will they have to adjust to the Martian environment before they can head out the door?


26 posted on 10/09/2017 9:32:18 PM PDT by NCC-1701 ((You have your fear, which might become reality; and you have Godzilla, which IS reality.))
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To: Reily

Shop=ship. Stupid Surface!


27 posted on 10/10/2017 4:31:34 AM PDT by Reily
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To: Gamecock

Mebbe a job for “Pigman”?!? d;^)


28 posted on 10/10/2017 5:20:24 AM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: BenLurkin

What could go wrong?


29 posted on 10/10/2017 6:41:20 AM PDT by hattend
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