The article states that a generic beta-blocker, when administered to patients who have suffered severe injury, was shown to reduce the common muscle-wasting condition known as hypermetabolism. Has this technique ever been considered for or shown effective in reducing inactive muscle wasting, as would occur in a long-term space voyage?
Dwain L. Beaver
Dayton, Ohio
“It’s a reasonable hypothesis” that has not been tested, says Robert R.
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