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"Damage Suppressor" Gene Found in Tardigrades, Inserted into Human Cells

posted by martyb on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:49AM   Printer-friendly
from the Shields-up! dept.

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Scientists have found a damage suppressing gene in tardigrades that they have called "Dsup". It directs the production of a protein that can protect DNA, partially explaining tardigrades' resistance to the effects of radiation. The scientists also inserted the gene into human cells and found that Dsup-treated cells suffered less damage from X-ray exposure.

Extremotolerant tardigrade genome and improved radiotolerance of human cultured cells by tardigrade-unique protein (open, DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12808) (DX)

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  • (Score: 2) by KritonK on Thursday September 22 2016, @11:29AM

    by KritonK (465) on Thursday September 22 2016, @11:29AM (#405086)

    Oddly enough, my first thought after reading this was about creating super heroes, not villains.

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  • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @11:43AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @11:43AM (#405089)

    goody 👠👠

  • (Score: 2) by krishnoid on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:43PM

    by krishnoid (1156) on Thursday September 22 2016, @09:43PM (#405292)

    Injected with a damage suppressor gene, he became ... water man bear pig!