Plant-made medicines may one day help astronauts maintain dense bones.
, which is all about using plants and microbes to make resources on the fly during space exploration.
Similar projects could work with other plants, but Yates says lettuce is a good starting point because green-thumbed astronauts have already grown plenty of it in space, inside the. A meal of fresh lettuce can also benefit astronauts who are typically stuck eating dehydrated, pre-packaged food. Yates is growing different lines of the plants and selecting the ones that produce the most protein to maximize its yield. Based on the amount it produces now, the lettuce would have to be ground up and purified to administer enough of the drug. But it’s possible with future versions of the project “you may be able to simply eat the plant,” he says.
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