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An antioxidative stress regulator helps keep muscles from becoming weak in low gravity Most kids dream of growing up to be astronauts; but the downside of spending extended amounts of time in low gravity is that astronauts muscles tend to shrink and weaken through disuse. Now, researchers from Japan have identified a protein that affects how muscles respond to space flight. In a study published in June 2021 in Communications Biology, researchers from the University of Tsukuba have revealed that nuclear factor E2-related factor 2, or NRF2, helps keep muscles from becoming weak in low gravity. Muscle atrophy, or weakening, is a common feature of disease and aging. It can also occur after a long period of inactivity, such as during space flight, when astronauts don t need to use their muscles as much as they do on Earth to support their weight or move around. When muscles atrophy in space, they not only decrease in size, but they also tend to lose a type of fiber called slow-twit

Satoru takahashiEmily hendersonCommunications biologyUniversity of tsukubaInternational space stationஎமிலி ஹென்டர்சன்தகவல்தொடர்புகள் உயிரியல்பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் ட்சூகுபாசர்வதேச இடம் நிலையம்