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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thih9 Dec 12, 2024 View on HN

Explained: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1217:_Cells

pier25 Jun 27, 2022 View on HN

Aren't cells replaced periodically?

carbocation Dec 8, 2018 View on HN

They probably don't work.https://www.cell.com/cell/abstract/S0092-8674(18)31108-5

germainemalcolm Dec 21, 2016 View on HN

Anyone know why these cells so readily do this?

falamboram Feb 4, 2022 View on HN

Yes. https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(21)01496-3

user5994461 Dec 17, 2017 View on HN

The article goes far beyond than just "cells have variable lifespan".

xwdv Dec 23, 2020 View on HN

How does it not also drive regular cells to death?

HelloMOD11 May 12, 2015 View on HN

How do you not get eaten by other cells

sa1 Oct 8, 2021 View on HN

I guess the more accurate statement would be that human cells have the machinery to do it.

rolisz Oct 18, 2025 View on HN

Human cells have been reused to do completely different things, without all the other cells around them (eg: Michael Levin and his anthrobots)