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ReviewNature aging2026

The case for space as a model of accelerated aging.

Max Manwaring-Mueller, Huixun Du, Taylor R Valentino, Matias Fuentealba, Alexander Chebykin, Fei Wu, David Furman, Daniel A Winer

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Review in Nature aging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Max Manwaring-MuellerBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA.
Huixun DuBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA.
Taylor R ValentinoBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA.
Matias FuentealbaBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7353-4394
Alexander ChebykinBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA.
Fei WuBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8353-7676
David FurmanBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA. dfurman@buckinstitute.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3654-9519
Daniel A WinerBuck Institute for Research on Aging, Novato, CA, USA. dwiner@buckinstitute.org.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8702-0957

Funding

Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC Canadian Network for Research and Innovation in Machining Technology) RGPIN-2024-05532
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aging is a complex biological and societal challenge, where modest advances can yield substantial clinical and economic benefits. While model organisms have uncovered key mechanisms of aging, their physiological relevance to humans remains limited. Astronauts offer a uniquely informative human model: despite being healthy and highly selected, they exhibit many hallmarks of aging and experience comparable declines in cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, cognitive and immune function-often on accelerated timelines. These changes are largely driven by four core exposures of the space environment: microgravity, circadian disruption, ionizing radiation and social isolation. Here, by tracing how environmental factors affect biological processes such as mitochondrial dysfunction, altered cytoskeletal dynamics, chronic inflammation and other canonical hallmarks of aging, we position spaceflight as a powerful model for human aging-one that unites environmental stress biology, multi-omic systems approaches and clinical research to advance both astronaut health and the healthspan of aging populations on Earth.

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AgingSpace FlightWeightlessnessAnimalsAstronautsHumans

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