Tardigrade Proteins in Cells
Cluster discusses a study engineering human cells with tardigrade proteins for enhanced resilience and desiccation tolerance, alongside debates on cell lifespan, immortality like HeLa cells, reprogramming, and related biology papers.
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Explained: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1217:_Cells
Aren't cells replaced periodically?
They probably don't work.https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(18)31108-5
Anyone know why these cells so readily do this?
Yes. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)01496-3
The article goes far beyond than just "cells have variable lifespan".
How does it not also drive regular cells to death?
How do you not get eaten by other cells
I guess the more accurate statement would be that human cells have the machinery to do it.
Human cells have been reused to do completely different things, without all the other cells around them (eg: Michael Levin and his anthrobots)