The protein that protects tardigrade DNA from radiation and mutagenic chemicals was thought to be harmless, but can in fact ...

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Tardigrades – also known as moss piglets – prefer damp environments, but they can survive just about anywhere. Thomas Shahan/Flickr, CC BY-SA A newly discovered protein from Earth’s toughest animal is ...

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 ...

A new species of tardigrades with thousands of genes that become more active when exposed to radiation could help in devising better protection for astronauts on long missions. When you purchase ...

(THE CONVERSATION) A newly discovered protein from Earth’s toughest animal is inspiring breakthrough therapies for cancer and cardiovascular disease. In 2016, researchers uncovered one of the ...