Space Medicine: What We Need and What We Have

Sign up to Morning Brew for free today https://morningbrewdaily.com/scishowspace Sponsored by Morning Brew If we re going to send astronauts out to Mars someday, we ll need to figure out how to send a pharmacy with them Hosted By: Hank Green ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporter for helping us keep SciShow Space free for everyone forever: Jason A Saslow, AndyGneiss, and David Brooks! Support SciShow Space by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/SciShowSpace Or by checking out our awesome space pins and other products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@scishow SciShow Tangents Podcast: http://www.scishowtangents.org Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Christopher-Neuhaus/publication/277718390_Emergency_Medicine_in_Space/links/56d3235108ae059e3761231a/Emergency-Medicine-in-Space.pdf https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/benefits/shingles.html https://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/2013/bacteria-sent-into-space.html https://www.nasa.gov/feature/glenn/2021/protecting-astronaut-health-with-the-prick-of-a-finger https://www.nature.com/articles/s41526-019-0075-2 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214552421000481 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/bioanalyzer-biomedical-analysis https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/experiments/explorer/Investigation.html?#id=8325 https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/Medication_ISS.html https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/radiation_impact_on_pharmaceutical_stability-_v._daniels.pdf https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.aau6267 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339213794_Plant_Factories https://pharmaceutical-journal.com/article/feature/drugs-in-space-the-pharmacy-orbiting-the-earth#fn_1 https://www.pharmaceutical-technology.com/features/medicines-in-space-astronauts-make-own-drugs/ https://academic.oup.com/labmed/article/44/4/304/2505008 Images https://www.gettyimages.com/ https://www.storyblocks.com/ https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/Medication_ISS.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sysmex_XT-4000i.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ISS-56_International_Space_Station_fly-around_(07).jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-researchers-develop-a-technique-to-predict-radiation-risk-on-international-space https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-mars-2020-will-blaze-a-trail-for-humans https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/research/news/IVGEN.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SEM_blood_cells.jpg https://www.nasa.gov/feature/ames/nasa-tries-new-ways-fluid-materials-to-build-giant-space-telescopes https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:573675_The_USAF_drops_a_box_of_medical_supplies_from_a_C-130_during_Atlas_Accord_12_at_the_Mopti_Air_Field_on_Feb._14,_2012.jpg