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Viruses as Modulators of Cellular Metabolism: Implications for Human Health and Life-Support Systems in Space

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Viruses as Modulators of Cellular Metabolism: Implications for Human Health and Life-Support Systems in Space

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Space exploration requires life-support systems for the needs of humans, plants, and their microbial inhabitants. Virus-host interactions in spaceflight are poorly understood, but viral effects on microbes and plants are critical to Earth’s biosphere and human health. Viral relationships with their hosts respond to environmental changes in complex ways which are difficult to predict by extrapolating from Earth-based proxies. These relationships must therefore be studied in space to fully understand the effect of spaceflight on human health and life-support systems.

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