Scientists Put Tardigrade Proteins into Human Cells. Here's What Happened

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Post by gardenfelder » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 2:17 PM UTC

The team focused on a particular protein called CAHS D, already known to protect against extreme drying (desiccation).

Scientists Put Tardigrade Proteins into Human Cells. Here's What Happened
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Re: Scientists Put Tardigrade Proteins into Human Cells. Here's What Happened

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Post by wrycoder » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 2:23 PM UTC

What could go wrong?

I'm wondering why they took the jump to human in vitro studies - did they do murine studies first?

Re: Scientists Put Tardigrade Proteins into Human Cells. Here's What Happened

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Post by GiorgioG » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 3:12 PM UTC

I hate clickbait titles like this.

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Post by FrustratedMonky » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 3:15 PM UTC

wrycoder wrote: post #2

What could go wrong? I'm wondering why they took the jump to human in vitro studies - did they do murine studies first?

Maybe we'll get a God Emperor of Dune

Re: Scientists Put Tardigrade Proteins into Human Cells. Here's What Happened

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Post by Q6T46nT668w6i3m » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 3:15 PM UTC

wrycoder wrote: post #2

What could go wrong? I'm wondering why they took the jump to human in vitro studies - did they do murine studies first?

It’s a cell culture …

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Post by Cthulhu_ » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 3:21 PM UTC

Q6T46nT668w6i3m wrote: post #5

wrycoder wrote: post #2

What could go wrong? I'm wondering why they took the jump to human in vitro studies - did they do murine studies first?

It’s a cell culture …

"in vitro"

Re: Scientists Put Tardigrade Proteins into Human Cells. Here's What Happened

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Post by Supermancho » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 3:23 PM UTC

Answer: It slowed down the metabolism of the cell. It was lethal.

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Post by lawlessone » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 3:24 PM UTC

Hopefully they didn't do this with HeLa cells.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa#Contamination

I can imagine the contamination issue would only be made worse...

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Post by kjkjadksj » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 3:36 PM UTC

wrycoder wrote: post #2

What could go wrong? I'm wondering why they took the jump to human in vitro studies - did they do murine studies first?

It is orders of magnitude cheaper than a mouse study

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Post by mgeorge001 » Fri, Mar 29, 2024, 3:44 PM UTC

Guess all we need to do now is build a spore drive, and go anywhere in the multiverse in an instant.