Presentations

Effects of Microgravity and Space Flight on Macrophages

Source: Stephen Keith Chapes, Kansas State University   Format: Microsoft PowerPoint
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Description: This presentation covers the effects of microgravity and space flight on macrophages. Notes for the slides are included in the downloadable PowerPoint presentation. Choose "Notes Page" from the "View" pull-down menu in PowerPoint. (Posted on 10/00)

Effects of Space Flight on T-Cells

Source: Marian Lewis, University of Alabama, Huntsville   Format: Microsoft PowerPoint
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Description: This presentation details an immunology experiment performed on T-cells in space. Notes for the slides are included in the downloadable PowerPoint presentation. Choose "Notes Page" from the "View" pull-down menu in PowerPoint. (Posted on 10/00)

Regulation of Erythropoiesis in Rats during Space Flight

Source: Albert Ichiki, University of Tennessee Medical Center   Format: Microsoft PowerPoint
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Description: This presentation details a hematology experiment performed on rats in space. Notes for the slides are included in the downloadable PowerPoint presentation. Choose "Notes Page" from the "View" pull-down menu in PowerPoint. (Posted on 10/00)

Still Images

Human Tissue Infected with Salmonella
Source: Cheryl Nickerson, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, LA
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Description: This image shows human intestinal tissue (stained in red) infected with Salmonella typhimurium (stained in green). A study found that the virulence of the pathogen is increased in simulated microgravity--an important discovery since Salmonella may pose an increased danger to humans in space. (Posted on 05/04)