Spaceflight may increase the body's risk of infection, finds new analysis of mice that spent a month in orbit. Specifically, the space-bound mice experienced a 41% reduction in their number of B lymphocytes (or B cells), which are a type of white blood cell that is needed to produce antibodies.

Spaceflight may increase the body's risk of infection, finds new analysis of mice that spent a month in orbit. Specifically, the space-bound mice experienced a 41% reduction in their number of B lymphocytes (or B cells), which are a type of white blood cell that is needed to produce antibodies.: https://ift.tt/2rpOSR6 Read more... https://ift.tt/2E9OZrP