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Dormant viral pathways underlie space-induced neural senescence: a neuroprotective strategy for spaceflight and neurological diseases
Aline Maria Araújo Martins, Hideyuki Nakashima, Ángela Macia…·Alysson Renato Muotri
The paper shows that spaceflight triggers neural senescence via reactivation of dormant viral-like retroelements, and that reverse transcriptase inhibitors can reverse these effects.
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