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

Source: Researchers show that introduced tardigrade proteins can slow metabolism in human cells | ScienceDaily

Is there anything tardigrades can’t do? 🙂

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.