When @nasa conducted the #TwinsStudy with #astronauts @stationcdrkelly & @shuttlecdrkelly , it was the first mission of its kind to focus on four categories of #research split into 10 investigations to evaluate #identicaltwin #astronauts. The investigations provided broader insight into the subtle effects & changes that may occur in #spaceflight as compared to Earth, performed by studying two individuals who have the same #genetics, but are in different environments for one year. Now, the real journey begins: studying this critical #data with respect to the key points: (1) The Twins Study takes the initial step to establish a foundation & methodology to integrate scientists, research & data that may lead to personalized countermeasure packages to optimize the safety & performance of individual astronauts -- Research techniques used in personalized medicine (technologies such as genetic sequencing) are employed to discern individual responses to the spaceflight environment -- Research from the molecular level to whole body function to brain function is being integrated together into one, coordinated study (2) The Twins Study is a multi-faceted national cooperation between universities, corporations, and government laboratories -- 10 individual investigations -- 12 universities -- NASA biomedical laboratories -- National Space Biomedical Research Institute (3) The Twins Study was the first study of its kind to compare molecular profiles of identical twin astronauts with one in space and another on Earth (4) The Twins Study is a supplemental study built upon the framework of the One-Year Mission research investigations (5) The Twins Study explores space through you by using omics to look more closely at individual health (6) The Twins Study is a stepping stone towards long duration space exploration such as journeys to Mars (7) NASA’s Human Research Program will share a published summary of the results from the Twins Study later in 2017. The implications for this unique mission are indeed, profound; being the first of its kind to compile data & provide insight beneficial for our #journeytomars 🚀🔬
