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The next "giant leap" for humans may be a trip to Mars, but having enough oxygen-carrying red blood cells for the journey might present a challenge, new research suggests.
Red blood cell counts are just one of the concerns of space travel.
Space travel is known to be notoriously rough on the human body, but new research has revealed just how hard it hits red blood cells.
Doctors believe anemia sets in because of the fluid shifts within astronauts' bodies that accommodate weightlessness and then again as they re-accommodated to gravity.
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