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- Gezackt, on 10/13/2007, -9/+40Is it just me, or did anybody else mistakenly read that as GERMANS taken into space come back stronger?
- Turambar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+30SPACE AIDS!!!
- shopfemina, on 10/13/2007, -1/+25The report left out what would occur if the astronauts had gone up with an infection like chlamydia or urinary tract infection which can be mis-diagnosed. Better not to make love to an astronaut.
- Taciturn, on 10/13/2007, -0/+17"The minute they sense a different environment, they change their genetic machinery so they can survive"
It'd be nice if science articles would actually use the word "evolution" to describe evolution, rather than imply that bacteria can magically alter own their genetic structure within a generation. - theworldisflat, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18So in the future, space-enhanced STD's will cause you to get the clap just by looking at the whore across the bar.
...god help us. - crazybugger, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15More Zombies.
- positron, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Maybe that's what happened to that crazed diapernaut lady. The syphilis must have got to her.
- MacGruber, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8When did the Andromeda strain get renamed to salmonella?
- Taciturn, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8An astronaut moved into my neighborhood... simultaneously, all the leaves started dying on all the trees.
- scrimaxinc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7RTFA - "The result: Mice fed the space germs were three times more likely to get sick and died quicker than others fed identical germs that had remained behind on Earth."
The rats didn't go, only the germs did. - KilGil27, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9I read that as Germans... which would be even scarier
- _skin_, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Everyones got it!
- thepain353, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5alien vs space AIDS
- tablatronix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You mean FULL BLOWN SPACE AIDS !
- oldhick, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4You don't have to anymore...
- Christbait, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Well don't bring them back down here god dammit!
- MerryMortician, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Send up the ebola. lets see what happens.
- TrainingName, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7No just you, sorry.
- diggduggjoe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3A curious thought comes to mind, though. If, the effects of micro-gravity can cause salmonella to have genetic changes, are there cells in humans which may have similar characteristics. Space travel may have threats we have not even thought of. We may need a certain amount gravity just to be healthy. That is already true for muscles and bone health, but there could be specific cellular requirements as well. Fascinating.
- jeremymccurdy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Space Nazis.
- univers3man, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2There is a lot more radiation in space, in both amount and type. Not to mention that living organisms respond differently to zero g environments.
- xeomage, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The real question is do people come back stronger? Have we tested our returning astronauts on the benchpress or the long jump? We may have been creating atomic supermen without even realizing it!
- KilGil27, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4damn it, you beat me to it
- TheZorch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2SPACE HERPIES!!!!!
- DLHOUOKUSA, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Buried. This was submitted hours ago. How do these copycat stories get dugg up soo much????
http://digg.com/space/Germs_taken_to_space_come_ba ... - adgreene, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2SPACE AIDS!?!?! That's worse than SUPER AIDS!!!
- MacEnvy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Ah yes, AKA Spaceballs.
- ZiggityZhang, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5The researchers found 167 genes had changed in the salmonella that went to space.
Why?
''That's the 64 million dollar question,'' Nickerson said. ''We do not know with 100 percent certainty what the mechanism is of space flight that's inducing these changes.''
''These bugs can sense where they are by changes in their environment. The minute they sense a different environment, they change their genetic machinery so they can survive,'' she said.
Man, even these things are smart enough to know that gravity's changed, yet we have people who can't even figure out when they're losing a war. - MiDri, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2And few months later what I can only presume is ash started falling from the sky!
- Christbait, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I LOL'd
- dukeochutney, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The cells ''are responding not to microgravity, but indirectly to microgravity in the low fluid shear effects.''
ya that doesn't make sense - bratterscain, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Or just as importantly, perhaps we can put man in a higher grav environment when infected with germs such as these for a more quick recovery or possibly save some individuals which could die from it. Can't say for sure since induced g-forces for long term periods may make one worse. Perhaps someone here would know.
- justinil, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4I, for one, welcome our new germ overlords.
- Stereotype77, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hmmm
Maybe antidotes would get stronger if sent out to get spaced... - 0crabby0, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Most Astronauts come back from space with urinary tract infections, probably because of fluid shear.
- bittie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hopefully nothing crashes near Piedmont...
- BigManOnCampus, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1What's a Germ?
- tablatronix, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1clever
- peligro18, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1so what?
germans go to the space and come back stronger and deadlier...
the u.s. have bene sending u.s.tians to the space since forever...they are deadlier too!! - PartlySean, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1AIDS in Space!
- picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1we have set you up the bomb
- RadicalEdward, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Well, with many companies / governments / people hoping to one day have people living in space or on other planets, it seems wise to review the effects of germs in those environments and develop cures now as opposed to when everyone dies cause we were too scared to do anything now.
- adml_shake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Oh man I just have scene from "The Ice Pirates" where the space ship gets space herpes, play in my head when I saw that title.
- ScornedPatriot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Space Ebola! -cringe
- jeffchuck, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How dare you call MacGyver a b-movie!
http://www.tv.com/macgyver/kill-zone/episode/47256 ... - Aces08, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0sounds like the Andromeda strain
- kmckanna, on 10/10/2007, -3/+3Okay, well even though this seems like the plot to only a bad movie, it seems like a plot for some crazy ***** that could really get out of hand in reality. It's just a matter of how long till they send the most deadly germ into space and let it go out there for like 10 years, then pull it back to earth somehow and mass sickness goes around.
Lame sounding? Yes. Practical? Maybe.
They should stop themselves before they go too far to be honest. - coleki, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0i'd say just don't try it with antivenom ;)
- Swordsmith, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Any pointers on how to see the story without registering? All I get is the register page.
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