Injected Proteins Protect Mice From Lethal Radiation Dose

Radiation and life are not mutually exclusive. Heck, there are fungi and bacteria that THRIVE on radiation:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic_fungus [wikipedia.org]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans [wikipedia.org]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermococcus_gammatolerans [wikipedia.org]

This treatment mentioned here has another key use besides radiation accidents on Earth: long term space travel.

If we are going to Mars, we are going to have to harden the human body to radiation exposure.

Through some combination of genetic treatments gleaned from researching radiation extremophiles, and research like this excellent find on these proteins, the human body should be able to be hardened to long term high levels of radiation. That's excellent news for space travel.

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