Skin Print, Testing Birth Control, Race To Bring Mars Home

Curiosity Weekly

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4.6 • 963 Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

You’re going to learn about efforts to print astronaut skin in space with their own blood, the mystifying side effects of birth control, and the race to bring soil samples back from Mars!

Blood skin.

3D Bioprinting Artificial Bone for Emergency Medicine in Space by European Space Agency
- https://scitechdaily.com/3d-bioprinting-artificial-bone-for-emergency-medicine-in-space/
Upside-Down 3D-Printed Skin and Bone, for Humans to Mars by European Space Agency
- https://www.esa.int/Enabling_Support/Space_Engineering_Technology/Upside-down_3D-printed_skin_and_bone_for_humans_to_Mars
Regenerative Medicine and 3D Bioprinting for Human Space Exploration and Planet Colonization by Tommaso Ghidini
- https://dx.doi.org/10.21037%2Fjtd.2018.03.19
3D Bioprinting of Tissues and Organs by Sean V. Murphy & Anthony Atala
- https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt.2958

Birth control plus extra.

Why Birth Control Side Effects Have Eluded Science by Saima Sidik
- https://undark.org/2022/03/07/why-birth-control-side-effects-have-eluded-science/
Oral Contraception and Serious Psychiatric Illness: Absence of an Association by M.P. Vessey, et al.
- https://doi.org/10.1192/bjp.146.1.45
The Relationship Between Progestin Hormonal Contraception and Depression: A Systematic Review by Brett L. Worly, et al.
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.contraception.2018.01.010
Association of Hormonal Contraception With Depression by Charlotte Wessel Skovlund, et al.
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.2387
Hormonal Contraceptive Use is Associated with Neural and Affective Changes in Healthy Young Women by Nina Lisofsky, et al.
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.04.042

Mars dirt.

“China plans to return Mars samples to Earth in 2031: report” by Elizabeth Howell
- https://www.space.com/china-return-mars-samples-earth-2031
“US military to keep wary eye on Chinese and Russian space ambitions under President Biden” by Mike Wall
- https://www.space.com/us-space-policy-china-russia-biden-administration
“China aims to bring Mars samples to Earth 2 years before NASA, ESA mission” by Andrew Jones
- https://spacenews.com/china-aims-to-bring-mars-samples-to-earth-2-years-before-nasa-esa-mission/

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0:00.0	Hi, you're about to get smarter in just a few minutes with Curiosity Daily from Discovery.
0:09.0	Time flies when you learn in super cool stuff. I'm Nate.
0:12.0	And I'm Callie. If you're dropping in for the first time
0:14.1	welcome to curiosity where we aim to blow your mind by helping you to grow your mind.
0:17.8	If you're a loyal listener, welcome back. Today you'll learn about efforts to print
0:22.3	astronaut skin in space with their own blood, the mystifying
0:26.4	side effects of birth control, and the race to bring soil samples back from Mars.
0:32.1	Without further ado, let's satisfy some curiosity.
0:35.0	Do you ever wonder what would happen if something really went wrong in space?
0:39.0	Like if an astronaut needed a skin graft for a bad burn,
0:42.0	had to repair a severely broken bone, or even
0:45.2	get an organ working again? Because scientists have, and what they're finding is pretty interesting.
0:50.8	It's good news, I hope.. Thankfully yes, these kind of big injuries
0:54.8	are a serious issue and have the potential to really affect future space missions
0:59.2	where traditional medicine might not be available. But the good news is there might be a fix. 3D printing
1:06.9	humans. Yeah, well not whole humans. Researchers are working to create machines that can use biological materials,
1:14.7	cells, and supporting materials to create functional living tissues. The best part
1:19.7	is we might not have to wait light years to have it.
1:22.7	So what would that be?
1:23.7	Like 3D bio printing?
1:25.7	That's exactly the name.
1:27.3	The tech is already being studied and used for applications in regenerative medicine to create
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