Tardigrade Protein Shows Promise in Reducing Radiation Side Effects for Cancer Patients

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A Protein Borrowed From Tardigrades Could Give Us Radiation Body Armor - WorldNL Magazine

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 evidence that a protein produced by these microscopic creatures could protect our healthy cells from the ravages of radiation therapy. Scientists at MIT, the University of Iowa, and elsewhere conducted the new study, published this Wednesday in Nature Biom…

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A protein from tiny tardigrades may help cancer patients tolerate radiation therapy

Drawing inspiration from the tardigrade, researchers developed a new strategy that may protect cancer patients from the side effects of radiation therapy.

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Extremophile/Astrobiology Spinoff: A Tardigrade Protein May Help Cancer Patients Tolerate Radiation Therapy - Astrobiology

About 60 percent of all cancer patients in the United States receive radiation therapy as part of their treatment. However, this radiation can have severe side effects that often end up being too difficult for patients to tolerate. Drawing inspiration from a tiny organism that can withstand huge amounts of radiation, researchers at MIT, Brigham […] The post Extremophile/Astrobiology Spinoff: A Tardigrade Protein May Help Cancer Patients Tolerate…

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To make cancer treatments more bearable, researchers are interested in tardigrade, a very resistant microscopic animal

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Radiotherapy has important side effects that can further complicate patients' lives. The exceptional capabilities of tardigrades could be used to combat these serious damage and advance the fight against cancer. The tardigrades are exceptional, as was already known.

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Tiny 'water bears' may hold key to reducing radiation-induced side effects

These animals are virtually indestructible and have long outlived the dinosaurs due to their ability to withstand extreme cold, heat, natural disasters and even cosmic radiation.