Could Moon Dust Help Stop Bleeding in Space? – RPTH Journal
RPTH Journal shared a post on LinkedIn about a recent article by Nabil Ali-Mohamad et al, adding:
”Could moon dust help stop bleeding in space?
When astronauts venture beyond low Earth orbit on long-duration missions, emergency medicine becomes a critical challenge.
Payload constraints mean that traditional medical supplies may simply not be available, so what if the answer lies in the ground beneath their feet?
A new study in RPTH Journal investigated whether extraterrestrial regolith, the rocky and dusty material found on the Moon, Mars, and asteroids, could serve as a haemostatic agent in space trauma care.
Key findings:
- Lunar and Martian regolith simulants, as well as meteorite samples, accelerated clotting, thrombin generation, and FXII activation in human plasma. Procoagulant activity was reduced in FXII-depleted or FXII-inhibited plasma, confirming an FXII-dependent mechanism
- Phyllosilicates showed greater procoagulant activity than framework silicates. In a porcine model of penetrating haemorrhage, wounds treated with regolith remained clotted longer and lost less blood than those treated with gauze alone
Watch the RPTH Research Recap video with Michael Makris.”
Title: Extraterrestrial regolith is hemostatic and potentially suitable for hemorrhage control in space
Authors: Nabil Ali-Mohamad, Ting-Hsuan Wang, Lih Jiin Juang, Nuoya Peng, Massimo F. Cau, Kevin Cannon, Christian J. Kastrup
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