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Sunday, September 6, 2026

Spaceflight research could help cure diseases back on Earth

Sunday Feature/Curing Diseases—   By Mike Moran, producer, Iowa News Service, bureau of Public News Service.    Kinesiology researchers in Iowa are studying how space travel affects astronaut muscle atrophy and using that knowledge to treat neuromuscular diseases on Earth. Despite taking measures to counteract atrophy, an astronaut can lose as much as 20% of muscle mass on short spaceflights […]