{"id":220232,"date":"2025-08-16T07:20:29","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/space-mice-babies-stem-cells-cryopreserved-in-space-produce-healthy-offspring"},"modified":"2025-08-16T07:20:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T12:20:29","slug":"space-mice-babies-stem-cells-cryopreserved-in-space-produce-healthy-offspring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/space-mice-babies-stem-cells-cryopreserved-in-space-produce-healthy-offspring","title":{"rendered":"Space mice babies: Stem cells cryopreserved in space produce healthy offspring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/space-mice-babies-stem-cells-cryopreserved-in-space-produce-healthy-offspring2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Features of spaceflight such as gravitational changes and circadian rhythm disruption\u2014not to mention radiation\u2014take a toll on the body, including muscle wasting and decreased bone density. These may even affect the ability to produce healthy offspring.<\/p>\n<p>Studying the impact of spaceflight on <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/germ+cells\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">germ cells <\/a>\u2014egg and sperm precursor cells\u2014is particularly important because they directly influence the next generation, and any irreversible damage done to these will likely be transmitted to offspring. Previous examinations of embryonic <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/stem+cells\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">stem cells<\/a> that have undergone spaceflight have revealed abnormalities, but the exact cause of the damage has remained unknown.<\/p>\n<p>This inspired a team of researchers at Kyoto University to test the potential damage to spermatogonial stem cells during spaceflight and the resulting offspring. The team utilized stem cells from <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/tags\/mice\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">mice<\/a>, which have a much shorter reproductive life span than humans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Features of spaceflight such as gravitational changes and circadian rhythm disruption\u2014not to mention radiation\u2014take a toll on the body, including muscle wasting and decreased bone density. These may even affect the ability to produce healthy offspring. Studying the impact of spaceflight on germ cells \u2014egg and sperm precursor cells\u2014is particularly important because they directly influence [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220232"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220232\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}