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NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,175 21 November 2025 (Space Life Science Research Results)

NASA Spaceline Current Awareness List #1,175 21 November 2025 (Space Life Science Research Results)

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Douglas GL, Bell ST, Roma PG, Oswald T, Young M.Food acceptability and selection by astronauts on International Space Station missions informs strategies and risks for deep space exploration.Front Psychol. 2025 Oct 29;16:1562044.Note: This article is a brief research report and may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 2.9

Funding: “This study was supported by the NASA Human Research Program, Human Health Countermeasures Element. PR and TO were supported by KBR’s Human Health and Performance Contract NNJ15HK11B through NASA.”

Roberts BM, Deane CS, Szewczyk NJ, Fajardo VA, Maden-Wilkinson T, Bagley JR.Musculoskeletal responses to spaceflight: Mechanisms, countermeasures, and key gaps.Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2025 Nov 11. Review. Online ahead of print.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 4.8

Funding: “We dedicate this manuscript to Dr. Szewczyk, who passed away prior to submitting this manuscript. We would also like to extend our sincerest thanks to all AWG members and the broader scientific community around NASA Open Science Data Repository, GeneLab, and the NASA Ames Life Sciences Data Archive. Their contributions, dedication, and unwavering commitment to our shared success are essential to future research.”

Love K, Nibhanupudy TJ, Rosenberg MJ, Galvan-Garza RC, Clark TK, Karmali F.Sensorimotor function may be fundamentally limited in hypogravity.J Appl Physiol (1985). 2025 Nov 14. Online ahead of print.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 3.3

Funding: “This research was generously supported by awards from the Office of Naval Research through the Multiple University Research Initiative (N000142012163), NIH/NIDCD (R01-DC018287S1), and NASA via the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (SA03401).”

Stegeman L, Slaba TC, Huff JL, Semones E, Zawaski JA, Saha J.Utilizing the Life Span Study data in NASA astronaut cancer risk assessment.Carcinogenesis. 2025 Nov 19;46(3):bgaf076.Journal Impact Factor: 2.9

Funding: T.C. Slaba and J.L. Huff are affiliated with NASA Langley Research Center. E. Semones, J.A. Zawaski, and J. Saha are affiliated with NASA Johnson Space Center.

Hitt ME, Cai S, Nix G, Patel S, Tsay LS.Balancing nutrient content and nitrate levels in space agriculture: Investigating LED light and CO2 effects on space-grown leafy green vegetables.Gravit Space Res. 2025 Nov;13(1):103-20.Note: This article may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 0.8

Funding: “This work is supported by NASA under Award No. 80NCCS22M0125.”

Britten RA, Tamgue EN, Arriaga Alvarado P, Fesshaye AS, Sanford LD.A two-hit model of executive dysfunction: Simulated galactic cosmic radiation primes latent deficits revealed by sleep fragmentation.Life. 2025 Nov 6;15(11):1717.PI: R.A. BrittenNote: This article is part of Section “Astrobiology” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/life/sections/astrobiology) and may be obtained online without charge.

Journal Impact Factor: 3.4

Funding: “This work was funded by NASA grant support NNX14AE73G and NNX16AC70G.”

Connolly MG, Fliflet AM, Ravi P, Rosu DI, Boppart MD, Rhodes JS.Exercise-induced plasma-derived extracellular vesicles increase adult hippocampal neurogenesis.Brain Research. 2025 Dec 15;1869:150003.PI: M.D. BoppartJournal Impact Factor: 2.6

Funding: “Beckman Institute Graduate Student Fellowship (to AMF); Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) Award (T0701) under a Cooperative Agreement with NASA (NNX16AO69A) (to MDB).”

Palomino L, Opdensteinen P, Sanchez I, O’Hara R, Kim HS, Smith PJO, Gonzalez-Gamboa I, Deng X, Steinmetz NF, Pokorski JK.Polynorbornene spray coating to enhance plant health.ACS Materials Letters. 2025 Oct 25;3827-34.PI: P. OpdensteinenJournal Impact Factor: 8.7

Funding: “This research was primarily supported by NSF through the UC San Diego Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (UCSD MRSEC) DMR-2011924. P.O. was supported in part through a TRISH postdoctoral fellowship by the Translational Research Institute for Space Health (TRISH) through NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX16AO69A.”

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