Diagnostic Device for Deep Space Diseases

Feb-17-16 Researchers have created a small diagnostic device that could make it easier to monitor astronauts’ health during deep space missions.

The device was designed to help astronauts give themselves a quick health check during long missions, such as the proposed missions to Mars. In particular, the tool is meant to help detect diseases such as cancer and degeneration of the bones, heart and eyes that could result from long-term exposure to ionizing radiation and microgravity. The device will be able to diagnose potential diseases using three different samples—breath, saliva and blood—and will be able to measure almost any biomarker, with the ability to adapt to new biomarkers as they are discovered.

According to LLNL radiobiologist Matt Coleman, who worked with the team on the device, “Some of the tools we’re developing will be among the first multi-function health diagnostic devices used in space.”

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