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Molecular genetic studies in the context of biomedical risks for cosmonauts' health

About authors

1 Federal State Budgetary Institution “Federal Research and Clinic Center of Space Medicine” of the Federal Biomedical Agency, Moscow, Russia

2 Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Konstantin V. Latartsev
Shchukinskaya, 5, str. 2, Moscow, 123182, Russia, moc.liamg@vestratal.k

About paper

Funding: the study was supported by the RSF grant (project № 22-25-20145 “Exploring the Mechanisms Underlying the Effects of Tolerance to Food Antigens on the Glucose Utilization”.

Author contributions: Latartsev KV — search and analysis of sources, article authoring, editing; Kaspranskiy RR — concept development, article editing.

Received: 2023-11-16 Accepted: 2023-12-20 Published online: 2024-03-04
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