U.S., July 16 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07065253) titled 'Constitution of a Biocollection on Healthy Volunteers Experiencing Longterm Confinement in the Sub-Antarctic Islands' on July 03.
Brief Summary: Living for long periods in extreme environments-like Antarctic research stations or space missions-can have a significant impact on human health, especially on the immune system. Scientists have observed that people in such isolated conditions often experience more infections and a reactivation of viruses that usually stay dormant in the body, such as Herpes viruses. These changes affect both parts of the immune system: the rapid-response "innate" system and the slower, more specific "adapt...