This protein from tardigrades may hold the key to protecting healthy tissues during cancer radiation treatment.
Researchers have found a way to use tardigrade proteins to potentially revolutionize cancer treatment and space travel.
While our genes are not changed by life experiences, they can be tuned through a system known as epigenetics. In response to ...
Drawing inspiration from the tardigrade, researchers developed a new strategy that may protect cancer patients from the side effects of radiation therapy.
Passed down through their mothers, this genetic imprint offers the first human evidence of a phenomenon ... In response to stress or other events, our cells can add small chemical flags to genes ...
About 60 percent of all cancer patients in the United States receive radiation therapy as part of their treatment.
Scientists developed a method to protect cancer patients from radiation damage using a protein from tardigrades. When ...