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UW Researchers Show That Introduced Tardigrade Proteins Can Slow Metabolism in Human Cells

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University of Wyoming

 

University of Wyoming researchers have gained further insight into how tardigrades survive extreme conditions and shown that proteins from the microscopic creatures expressed in human cells can slow down molecular processes.

This makes the tardigrade proteins potential candidates in technologies centered on slowing the aging process and in long-term storage of human cells.

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