Tardigrade
Tardigrade Proteins Slow Aging in Human Cells
Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes
Researchers have discovered that proteins from tardigrades, known for surviving extreme conditions, can slow molecular processes in human cells, offering promising applications ...
Anti-aging elixir could be hiding in ‘indestructible’ tardigrades, say scientists who found microscopic creature’s proteins slow cell damage
Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes
Tardigrades enter a form of hibernation called biostasis when they are stressed The proteins that make biostasis possible slowed human cells way ...
Tardigrade Genomes Reveal the Secrets of Extreme Survival
Science
Dr. Thomas Hughes
Recent research on tardigrades uncovers a complex genetic basis for their extreme resilience, challenging previous assumptions about their ecological adaptations and pointing ...
