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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: 4, Insightful) by takyon on Thursday September 22 2016, @02:06PM

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Thursday September 22 2016, @02:06PM (#405134) Journal

    Everyone suffers DNA damage, even if they don't go to space, take an air flight, or hang around at Chernobyl/Fukushima.

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