- A Japanese team sequenced a tardigrade genome (properly), found minimal foreign DNA, and found a protein that confers resistance to radiation when transferred into human cells http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms12808 399 comments science
Linking pages
- What makes tardigrades so tough? | Science News https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tardigrades-space-travel-survival-humans 177 comments
- Living mysteries: Why teeny-weeny tardigrades are tough as nails | Science News Explores https://www.sciencenewsforstudents.org/article/why-tardigrades-tough-space-dehydration 19 comments
- Tardigrades Have DNA Armour, And We Just Got Closer to Understanding How It Works : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/we-re-a-little-closer-to-understanding-how-the-tardigrade-s-dna-armour-works 1 comment