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MicroAge experimental unit assembly at the University of Liverpool, featuring Dr Shahjahan Shigdar at the Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences. Image courtesy of University of Liverpool.

jsc2021e058713 (3/4/2021) --- The MicroAge experimental unit assembly at the University of Liverpool, featuring Dr Shahjahan Shigdar at the Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences. This investigation helps identify the mechanisms by which astronauts lose skeletal muscle mass in microgravity and identify optimum exercise regimens, nutritional, or pharmacological interventions for prevention. Image courtesy of University of Liverpool.