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<blockquote data-quote="Buck" data-source="post: 8908071" data-attributes="member: 591582">&quot;According to the report, scientists used the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool to take genes from the water bear that produce shielding proteins and insert them into an artificially cultured (a distinction the team claims made the experiment legal) human embryonic cells. This reportedly allowed the cells to survive “lethal exposure to X-ray radiation.” Okay, then.&quot;&quot;While it may not be the very next stage, the eventual goal is super soldier. By creating these water bear-infused cells and placing them within new blood cells, the tardigrade genes could help stave off acute radiation sickness, along with potentially helping to ward off other diseases.Of course, scientists claiming they can alter human genetics via the genes of a water bear puts us in an entirely new world of science.&quot;[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a43509580/tardigrade-dna-human-stem-cells-super-soldiers/[/URL]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Buck, post: 8908071, member: 591582"] "According to the report, scientists used the CRISPR/Cas9 gene-editing tool to take genes from the water bear that produce shielding proteins and insert them into an artificially cultured (a distinction the team claims made the experiment legal) human embryonic cells. This reportedly allowed the cells to survive “lethal exposure to X-ray radiation.” Okay, then." "While it may not be the [I]very [/I]next stage, the eventual goal is super soldier. By creating these water bear-infused cells and placing them within new blood cells, the tardigrade genes could help stave off acute radiation sickness, along with potentially helping to ward off other diseases. Of course, scientists claiming they can alter human genetics via the genes of a water bear puts us in an entirely new world of science." [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a43509580/tardigrade-dna-human-stem-cells-super-soldiers/[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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