A suppressor protein, dubbed Dsup, helps to protect the tardigrades' DNA from radiation-induced damage by binding to it.

The research, supported by the National Institutes of Health, centers around a tardigrade protein called Dsup, short for "damage suppressor." This protein binds to DNA and helps prevent it from ...

He uses volunteers from the audience to demonstrate that the DNA in a tardigrade is resilient because it has a much better repair mechanism after being damaged by radiation. This clip is from the ...