Weakened immunity to fungus found in space-raised flies

Venturing into space might be a bold adventure, but it may not be good for your immune system. Now a study by researchers at the University of California, Davis and published in the journal PLOS ONE shows how growing up on the Space Shuttle weakened a key arm of the immune system in Drosophila flies.It's well-established that spaceflight affects immune responses, said Deborah Kimbrell, a researcher in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology in the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences, who lead the study.

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