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Tiny animal known as ‘water bear’ produces radiation-resistant protein called ‘Dsup’ that can treat cancer patients: study
The world’s most resilient animal, the microscopic tardigrade ... commonly and affectionately called “water bear” or “moss piglet,” produces a damage suppressor protein called ...
A Protein Borrowed From Tardigrades Could Give Us Radiation Body Armor
The strangely adorable and resilient tardigrade, or water bear, just might hold the key to making cancer treatment a lot more (water-) bearable. That’s because a team of researchers just found ...
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Nine New Tardigrade Species Discovered Thanks to the Efforts of Danish Schoolchildren
A tardigrade, or water bear Connect Images / Gregory S ... But humans are generally unaware of the rich microscopic world beneath our feet, in part because until relatively recently, scientists ...