Scientists finally figure out why the water bear is nearly indestructible (2017)
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Re: Scientists finally figure out why the water bear is nearly indestructible (2017)
#2> tardigrade-specific intrinsically disordered proteins (TDPs)
Going from "Tartigrade-specific intrinsically" to a single T in the acronym is rather interesting...
Re: Scientists finally figure out why the water bear is nearly indestructible (2017)
#3> tardigrade-specific intrinsically disordered proteins (TDPs) Going from "Tartigrade-specific intrinsically" to a single T in the acronym is rather interesting...
What acronym?
Re: Scientists finally figure out why the water bear is nearly indestructible (2017)
#4> If you take those genes and put them into organisms like bacteria and yeast, which normally do not have these proteins, they actually become much more desiccation-tolerant
Well I have a newfound fear of humans creating a bacteria as hard to kill as a tardigrade…
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#6> If you take those genes and put them into organisms like bacteria and yeast, which normally do not have these proteins, they actually become much more desiccation-tolerant Well I have a newfound fear of humans creating a bacteria as hard to kill as a tardigrade…
I mean all we need now is to find out how to make a prion that forms TDPs so we can glue it to the outside of COVID-19 in some twisted gain of function research.
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#8Can this be used to store larger organisms for prolonged duration? Maybe instead of cryochambers the future space travelers will use drychambers.
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#10> If you take those genes and put them into organisms like bacteria and yeast, which normally do not have these proteins, they actually become much more desiccation-tolerant Well I have a newfound fear of humans creating a bacteria as hard to kill as a tardigrade…
I mean all we need now is to find out how to make a prion that forms TDPs so we can glue it to the outside of COVID-19 in some twisted gain of function research.
This is such a sad exemplar of where we've gone as a technological society. Thirty years ago, you could have suggested releasing a virus that destroyed cancer, and people would have cheered.