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Effects of space travel focus of UH Cancer Center grant

University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center researcher was awarded more than $330,000 from The Translational Research Institute for Space Health to study ways to measure body composition on long-duration space flights. The results of the ASTRO3DO study on muscle loss and loss of function will be directly applicable to cancer cachexia research.

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