Lettuce in space could protect astronauts' bones - Futurity: Research News

Bone density loss is a problem for astronauts on long space flights. A new kind of lettuce astronauts could grow in space might solve the problem.

Astronauts might one day grow and eat genetically modified plants to ward off diseases associated with long spaceflights, new research shows. Researchers have developed a transgenic, or genetically … [+2070 chars]

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