The researchers hypothesized that delivering the protective tardigrade mRNA to tissues before radiation therapy could prompt cells to temporarily express Dsup, safeguarding DNA during treatment.

Tardigrades, microscopic organisms renowned for their extraordinary resistance to radiation, may offer a means to protect ...

Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss ... encoding this protein and found that it produced enough to safeguard cells’ DNA from radiation-induced damage. “Radiation can be very helpful ...