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Sex in space may be a reality soon, according to the HuffingtonPost.
A study explored what could happen if a baby was conceived in minimal-gravity conditions.
A University of Montreal study, published Wednesday on PLOS ONE Journal, suggests that low-gravity conditions can potentially cripple cell development.
To reach these results, biologists looked at how plants reproduced in low-gravity conditions. Doing so could lend insight into how cellular growth processes occurring during embryo development would operate in outer space.
What they found was this: the plants' intracellular transport _ a key process in cell development _ experienced "traffic jams." Therefore, low gravity ultimately hampered cell growth.
That sounds harmless _ who needs a garden in space, anyway? _ but it's not.
Plant sperm cells are transferred to an egg in a way that's similar to human reproduction, according to Medical Daily.
That means that if plant cells had difficulty developing, a human fetus may also struggle.
However, Dr. Anja Geitmann, one of the study's authors, stressed to The Huffington Post that the findings do not mean that the actual act of human sex in space would cause problems.
Rather, it's the development of the fetus that might be jeopardized.
"Our findings offer new insight into how life evolved on Earth and how significant it is with regards to human health," Geitmann told HuffPost.
"'Traffic jams' on these intracellular highways also exist in human cells where they are known to be involved in illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's." This, she clarifies, is not the same as saying "sex in space causes cancer and Alzheimer's."
"To put it simply, we need to know exactly what we're getting into," she wrote on LiveScience, "because the consequences affect not only us, but the next generation of human beings."
link :: 'Sex in space dangerous'
A study explored what could happen if a baby was conceived in minimal-gravity conditions.
A University of Montreal study, published Wednesday on PLOS ONE Journal, suggests that low-gravity conditions can potentially cripple cell development.
To reach these results, biologists looked at how plants reproduced in low-gravity conditions. Doing so could lend insight into how cellular growth processes occurring during embryo development would operate in outer space.
What they found was this: the plants' intracellular transport _ a key process in cell development _ experienced "traffic jams." Therefore, low gravity ultimately hampered cell growth.
That sounds harmless _ who needs a garden in space, anyway? _ but it's not.
Plant sperm cells are transferred to an egg in a way that's similar to human reproduction, according to Medical Daily.
That means that if plant cells had difficulty developing, a human fetus may also struggle.
However, Dr. Anja Geitmann, one of the study's authors, stressed to The Huffington Post that the findings do not mean that the actual act of human sex in space would cause problems.
Rather, it's the development of the fetus that might be jeopardized.
"Our findings offer new insight into how life evolved on Earth and how significant it is with regards to human health," Geitmann told HuffPost.
"'Traffic jams' on these intracellular highways also exist in human cells where they are known to be involved in illnesses such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's." This, she clarifies, is not the same as saying "sex in space causes cancer and Alzheimer's."
"To put it simply, we need to know exactly what we're getting into," she wrote on LiveScience, "because the consequences affect not only us, but the next generation of human beings."
link :: 'Sex in space dangerous'
