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For nearly 35 years, MEDES has sought to maintain and develop French know-how in space medicine and physiology and to promote the applications of space research for healthcare.<\/p>\n
In the 30 years and more since its founding, MEDES has been called upon by the world’s main historical space agencies, including NASA, ESA, CNES and Roskosmos. Its expertise is also sought after by new entrants in manned flight, such as India and the United Arab Emirates. The institute is a preferred partner for many academic and industrial institutions, promoting space\/health links through cooperation and co-innovation.<\/p>\n
MEDES is thus a key player in health activities in the space sector:<\/p>\n
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Its activities are divided into three main areas that are closely related: support for space exploration<\/a>, clinical research activities<\/a> and healthcare applications and innovations<\/a>.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” use_background_color_gradient=”on” background_color_gradient_stops=”#004266 37%|#d6d6d6 100%” custom_padding=”70px||70px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”40px||40px||true|false” custom_padding_phone=”45px||45px||true|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_after_last_edited=”off|desktop”][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=”off|tablet” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” custom_margin=”||40px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||20px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||10px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” custom_padding_tablet=”30px||||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”20px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”…Un peu d’histoire…” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#115994″ header_font_size=”55px” header_2_font=”Oswald light|300|||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#ffffff” custom_margin_tablet=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” animation_direction=”bottom” header_font_size_tablet=”40px” animation_duration_tablet=”0ms” animation_duration_phone=”0ms” animation_duration_last_edited=”on|tablet” animation_intensity_slide_tablet=”” animation_intensity_slide_phone=”0%” animation_intensity_slide_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”2″ _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element_last_edited=”on|phone” custom_css_main_element_phone=”margin-bottom: 20px;”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/www.medes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Historique.jpg” alt=”MEDES Historical” title_text=”MEDES Historical” show_in_lightbox=”on” force_fullwidth=”on” module_class=”imageCustom” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” height=”450px” height_tablet=”100%” height_phone=”100%” height_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding_tablet=”” custom_padding_phone=”15px||||false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element_last_edited=”off|tablet” custom_css_main_element_tablet=”width: 29% !important;” custom_css_main_element_phone=”width: 50% !important;”][et_pb_text admin_label=”Contexte” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_text_color=”#115994″ header_font_size=”55px” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_align=”left” header_2_text_color=”#FFFFFF” header_2_font_size=”50px” header_3_font=”Open Sans|300|||||||” header_3_text_align=”left” header_3_text_color=”#FFFFFF” custom_margin=”||10px||false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”||10px||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”||0px||false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|phone” animation_direction=”bottom” header_font_size_tablet=”40px” header_3_font_size_tablet=”25px” header_3_font_size_phone=”25px” header_3_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” animation_duration_tablet=”0ms” animation_duration_phone=”0ms” animation_duration_last_edited=”on|tablet” animation_intensity_slide_tablet=”” animation_intensity_slide_phone=”0%” animation_intensity_slide_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”MEDES est anim\u00e9 par une \u00e9quipe” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_text_color=”#FFFFFF” text_orientation=”justified” max_width_tablet=”550px” max_width_phone=”100%” max_width_last_edited=”off|desktop” module_alignment=”left” text_font_size_phone=”14px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n “The Earth is the cradle of mankind, but man cannot live in the cradle forever”<\/em><\/strong> said Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, who is considered to be the father and theorist of modern astronautics. Humankind has always sought to explore new horizons and space exploration is a perfect example of this.<\/p>\n Scientists in Toulouse have contributed to space research since the beginning of manned space flights, first with Professor Hubert Planel, a pioneer in space biology for the Apollo missions, then with Professor Andr\u00e9 B\u00e8s and the first research studies into human physiology carried out aboard the Saliout station, with the active support of Mr Ren\u00e9 Bost, who started these programmes at CNES.<\/p>\n This work led to the first mission involving a French astronaut, Jean Loup Chr\u00e9tien, in 1982.<\/p>\n Researchers quickly understood the need to strengthen the relationship between space research and medical research, and under the impetus of Professor Claude Gharib, created a scientific group, the Groupe d’Etudes et de Physiologie Spatiales (GEMPS)<\/em>, (the precursor of MEDES).<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#FFFFFF” background_image=”https:\/\/www.medes.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/AdobeStock_279577524-compressed-scaled.jpg” custom_padding=”70px||70px||false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”40px||40px||true|false” custom_padding_phone=”40px||40px||true|false” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_after_last_edited=”off|desktop”][et_pb_row use_custom_gutter=”on” gutter_width=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” width=”90%” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”|||20px|false|false” custom_padding_tablet=”|||20px|false|false” custom_padding_phone=”|||15px|false|false” custom_padding_last_edited=”on|phone” border_width_left=”1px” border_color_left=”#115994″ global_colors_info=”{}” custom_css_main_element_last_edited=”off|tablet” custom_css_main_element_tablet=”width: 29% !important;” custom_css_main_element_phone=”width: 50% !important;”][et_pb_text admin_label=”1989, naissance de MEDES” module_class=”dateModule” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#115994″ header_font_size=”55px” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ header_2_font_size=”55px” header_3_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_3_text_align=”left” background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”30px||10px|-21px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”20px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”20px||0px|-20px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”|||20px|false|false” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_duration_tablet=”0ms” animation_duration_phone=”0ms” animation_duration_last_edited=”on|tablet” animation_intensity_slide_tablet=”” animation_intensity_slide_phone=”0%” animation_intensity_slide_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”MEDES avec son statut” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” max_width_tablet=”550px” max_width_phone=”100%” max_width_last_edited=”off|desktop” module_alignment=”left” text_font_size_phone=”14px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n MEDES, was founded in 1989, with its current legal status, by Yvon Lemari\u00e9, Director General of the Toulouse hospitals and Jacques Louis Lions, President of CNES, to take care of the European crews of the Hermes programme in Toulouse and Kourou.<\/p>\n However, the termination of the Hermes programme modified the initial objectives and MEDES was then assigned its current missions of:<\/p>\n Since then, in cooperation with its members, MEDES has supported space exploration, while also engaging in space environment simulation and numerous research and development activities. The aim is to deploy health care innovations benefitting both future space missions and ordinary people, in particular for applications such as e-health services, or leading to the development of new biomedical technologies or applications. One example is the implementation of a telemedicine network in French Guiana, which currently involves 19 equipped health centres and 10 medical disciplines. MEDES is also working on the links between the environment and health, with particular emphasis on research into ageing and personalised medicine.<\/p>\n Finally, MEDES is also developing so-called \u2018life support technologies\u2019 (for maintaining a healthy environment in an enclosed habitat), in particular for microbial environmental control.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”1996, cr\u00e9ation de la Clinique Spatiale” module_class=”dateModule” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#115994″ header_font_size=”55px” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ header_2_font_size=”55px” header_3_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_3_text_align=”left” background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”30px||10px|-21px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”20px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”20px||0px|-20px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”|||20px|false|false” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_duration_tablet=”0ms” animation_duration_phone=”0ms” animation_duration_last_edited=”on|tablet” animation_intensity_slide_tablet=”” animation_intensity_slide_phone=”0%” animation_intensity_slide_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Afin d\u2019avoir une infrastructure” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” max_width_tablet=”550px” max_width_phone=”100%” max_width_last_edited=”off|desktop” module_alignment=”left” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|desktop” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In order to ensure a suitable infrastructure for its weightlessness simulation activities, MEDES was granted the right to build the Space Clinic on the campus of the Rangueil University Hospital, with the support of the Midi Pyrenees region, the City of Toulouse, the D\u00e9partement<\/em> of Haute Garonne and the State represented by CNES. This unique infrastructure, the first of its kind on a University Hospital campus, was inaugurated in 1996.<\/p>\n MEDES is recognised worldwide for its research and has carried out numerous international studies in cooperation with CNES and the European Space Agency, but also with NASA, the Japanese Space Agency JAXA, the Canadian Space Agency and Russian teams.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”2006, mise en place d\u2019\u00e9quipes” module_class=”dateModule” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_text_color=”#115994″ header_font_size=”55px” header_2_font=”||||||||” header_2_text_align=”center” header_2_text_color=”#000000″ header_2_font_size=”55px” header_3_font=”Open Sans|700|||||||” header_3_text_align=”left” background_enable_color=”off” custom_margin=”30px||10px|-21px|false|false” custom_margin_tablet=”20px||||false|false” custom_margin_phone=”20px||0px|-20px|false|false” custom_margin_last_edited=”on|desktop” custom_padding=”|||20px|false|false” animation_direction=”bottom” animation_duration_tablet=”0ms” animation_duration_phone=”0ms” animation_duration_last_edited=”on|tablet” animation_intensity_slide_tablet=”” animation_intensity_slide_phone=”0%” animation_intensity_slide_last_edited=”on|phone” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=”Depuis 2006, dans le cadre d\u2019accords” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” max_width_tablet=”550px” max_width_phone=”100%” max_width_last_edited=”off|desktop” module_alignment=”left” text_font_size_phone=”14px” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Since 2006, as part of cooperation agreements with CNES and the European Space Agency, MEDES has also sent teams to CADMOS (Centre d’Aide au D\u00e9veloppement des Activit\u00e9s en Micropesanteur et des Op\u00e9rations Spatiales<\/em>), to prepare and monitor physiology experiments on board the ISS. It has also sent doctors to the EAC (European Astronaut Centre), where they monitor the health of astronauts during space missions.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ custom_padding_last_edited=”on|tablet” _builder_version=”4.20.2″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding_tablet=”20px||25px||false|false” custom_padding_phone=”20px||25px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.19.5″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text admin_label=”MEDES a 30 ans (et un peu plus !)” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” header_font=”||||||||” header_2_font=”||||||||” text_font_size_tablet=”” text_font_size_phone=”14px” text_font_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n In 2019, MEDES celebrated its 30th anniversary. A special celebration of an adventure serving the health of both astronauts and ordinary people.<\/p>\n Thirty years after its founding, the Institute of Space Medicine and Physiology is widely recognised in Europe and abroad, for its monitoring of astronauts, benchmark clinical studies and medical innovations, among others.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/www.medes.fr\/30-ans-de-medes\/” button_text=”Learn more” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_button=”on” button_bg_color=”RGBA(255,255,255,0)” button_border_color=”#0e86a7″ button_icon=”5||divi||400″ button_icon_color=”#0e86a7″ button_text_size_tablet=”14px” button_text_size_phone=”14px” button_text_size_last_edited=”on|tablet” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" HistoricalFor nearly 35 years, MEDES has sought to maintain and develop French know-how in space medicine and physiology and to promote the applications of space research for healthcare. In the 30 years and more since its founding, MEDES has been called upon by the world’s main historical space agencies, including NASA, ESA, CNES and Roskosmos. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":12914,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-12920","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n…The funding and developement of MEDES…\u200b<\/h2>\n
Context<\/h3>\n
\u200b1989, founding of MEDES<\/h3>\n
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1996, creation of the Space Clinic<\/h3>\n
\u200b2006, deployment of teams seconded to CNES and ESA to support space exploration<\/h3>\n
MEDES is 30 years old (and counting!)<\/h2>\n