Space environment enables biotechnological innovation via unique stressors

The unique combination of space environmental conditions—especially microgravity and ionizing radiation—creates biological stress and induces evolutionary changes in organisms that cannot be replicated on Earth. These changes can be harnessed to engineer or select novel strains useful in food, agriculture, and health. Strategies such as gene network engineering and systematic characterization further expand the potential applications.

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