Space Business Podcast #115 - Dorit Donoviel, TRISH: Space Health

Space & bio – we finally have the 2nd episode in our subseries on this topic. Dorit Donoviel is the Director of the Translational Research Institute for Space Health. TRISH is an institute that is cooperating with NASA and conducting a fascinating range of research regarding human health in space. Our discussion touches on many topics, ranging from challenges to human physiology in microgravity all the way to the question of whether we can use gene editing to adapt ourselves to the space environment. Enjoy!

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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
2:35 TRISH
3:50 Staying healthy in space
7:36 Health concerns in microgravity
12:07 Eye and brain issues
13:40 Artificial gravity
15:40 Licensing
18:46 Moon & Mars
22:50 Medical equipment and treatment in space
27:00 Surgery
29:22 Positive effects in space
33:03 Longevity in space
34:50 Gene editing
39:28 Reproduction in space
43:33 Research projects if more funding was available
45:23 Food production
47:31 Astronaut health monitoring
50:00 Beyond R&D
53:55 Organ-on-chip models
56:33 How one can get involved in TRISH
1:00:17 Sci-fi