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

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…

Research finds tardigrade protein shields mouse cells from...

Boosting cells with a tardigrade protein reduced DNA damage after radiation, offering potential protection for healthy tissue during cancer treatment. Tardigrades, or water bears, are microscopic animals with incredible survival skills — they can withstand extreme temperatures and the vacuum of space. They can also tolerate high doses of radiation. Researchers previously discovered that tardigrades can survive more than 1,000 times the lethal do…

Tiny “Water Bear” Protein Could Help Shield Cancer Patients From Radiation

This protein from tardigrades may hold the key to protecting healthy tissues during cancer radiation treatment.

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.

Tardigrade Protein Could Soon Make Cancer Patients More Radiation Proof

When it comes to surviving radiation, tardigrades really know their stuff, shrugging off doses that would annihilate most other life forms. Now researchers are using this knowledge to find ways to protect healthy cells during cancer treatments. A team led by Ameya Kirtane from Harvard Medical School and Jianling Bi from the University of Iowa has isolated this superpower in the form of messenger RNA, which when injected into cells protects t…

SCAI leaders 'on a mission' to improve cath lab protection from radiation, orthopedic injury

SCAI President James Hermiller, Jr., MD, explains the need for more innovative radiation protection systems in the cath lab.