How a Canadian scientist is using yeast to help protect future astronauts from cosmic radiation

Research into a simple ingredient used to make bread could help protect future astronauts from the effects of cosmic radiation.

As it turns out, yeast and humans have a lot in common from an evolutionary perspective, despite splitting from their common ancestor a billion years ago, Nislow told CTV's Your Morning on Monday.

Having studied yeast for more than 30 years, including how its genes could become damaged and repaired, Nislow said all of that knowledge "will come into play when we leave lower Earth orbit, like we did on Artemis I, go to the moon and then go beyond." Not only will these studies help future crew members combat radiation while in space, they could help minimize the side effects of different chemotherapies, Nislow said.

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