What wintering squirrels can teach astronauts
When bears and ground squirrels hibernate in winter, they stop eating, lasting until spring simply on the fat reserves they've stored up in their bodies
By studying a variety called the 13-lined ground squirrel that is common in North America
Matthew Regan has confirmed a theory known as "urea nitrogen salvage" dating back to the 1980s.
by helping astronauts minimize their own muscle-loss problems caused by microgravity-induced suppression of protein synthesis
If a way could be found to augment the astronauts' muscle protein synthesis processes using urea nitrogen salvage
they are A model hibernator
'Clear evidence of nitrogen salvage' says study
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