The following report is by South China Morning Post:
A team of military medical scientists in China says it has inserted a gene from the microscopic water bear into human embryonic stem cells and significantly increased these cells’ resistance to radiation.
They said success in this unprecedented experiment could lead to super-tough soldiers who could survive nuclear fallout.
From Water Bear To Super Soldier
The water bear, also known as tardigrade or moss piglet, is an eight-legged animal smaller than 1 millimetre long and the hardiest creature on Earth. Over years of scientific testing, it has survived -200 degrees Celsius, more than an hour in boiling water and after flying in space.
The water bear’s toughness comes in part from a gene that can generate shieldlike proteins to protect its cells against radiation and other environmental damage.
The Chinese team said it had found a way to introduce this gene into human DNA using CRISPR/Cas9, a gene-editing tool now available in most bio-labs.
In their laboratory experiment, nearly 90 percent of the human embryonic cells carrying the water bear gene survived a lethal exposure to X-ray radiation, according to the team led by professor Yue Wen with the radiation biotechnology laboratory at the Academy of Military Sciences, Beijing.
There has been a growing interest in the study since Yue and his colleagues published their findings in the Chinese-language journal Military Medical Sciences in October, according to a Beijing-based life scientist.
This is amazing, considering the big difference between the water bear and a human.
Said the researcher who asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the technology.
A Risky Gap
Embryonic stem cells are collected from an early human embryo that can develop into any cell type. These cells can be cultured in a laboratory and have been used widely in scientific studies on human development.
Adding an alien gene from the water bear into human embryonic cells could lead to harmful mutations, or even kill the cells because of the genetic gap between the two species, a risk Yue’s team was aware of, according to their paper.
The shielding proteins are “unique to the water bears. The immunity response after cross-species expression is unknown, and it can lead to some safety issues”, they wrote.
Some previous studies suggested the genetic transfer between widely different animals was likely to fail, they added.
Surprising Results
They said their experiment showed that human cells were surprisingly amenable to the water bear gene.
Genetic analysis found no mutations in the modified cells’ chromosomes, according to the team’s paper which stated that the cells functioned normally, and even grew faster at some stages of development.
The expression does not damage the vitality of cells, but can promote cell proliferation to a certain extent.
The study will move on to the next stage based on these findings.
Yue’s team said.
The Superman Gene?
One of the team’s future projects is to turn the embryonic stem cells modified with the water bear gene into blood-making cells.
Acute radiation sickness (ARS) is a medical problem faced by military personnel, civilians and emergency workers when responding to nuclear accidents and nuclear terrorism.
The researchers said.
To increase the chance of humans surviving an apocalyptic event, the modified cells could be implemented into bone marrow to generate new blood cells with resistance to radiation, according to their paper.
The water bear gene could bring other benefits to humans as well, said the researchers.
This gene “plays a protective role in cellular DNA against oxidative stress, which is central to the development of many diseases, including cancer, ageing, diabetes, inflammation and Parkinson’s disease,” they wrote.
Ethical Divide
The Beijing-based life scientist said Yue’s experiment was “totally legal” because it was conducted entirely with artificially cultured cell lines in a test tube.
The study is quite inspiring. It can lead to many new possibilities.
The scientist said.
But a Shanghai-based scientist said the study could have opened a can of worms, particularly when funding is involved.
The purpose of the gene editing experiment is to change human genes.
First, it claims to cure diseases. Then capital will join and play. This game may not have a happy ending.
Said the researcher who also asked not to be named because of the controversial nature of the topic.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
Ah, ‘wonderful:’ so after China drops a nuke on somebody their troops can eventually pillage the land without consequence.
China’s military continues to grow and even attempt launch the next generation of super soldier, while America and the West are breaking down.
[6] And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. [7] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. [8] All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Matthew 24:6-8
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[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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Fascinating little creatures, these water bears.
Well, considering how lethal their mrna shots have turned out to be, maybe this gene splicing will do the same to their supposed super soldiers and they will also drop dead of the mysterious sudden adult death syndrome that is #ABV (anything but the vaccine) Who would want to survive a nuclear war anyway?
Jesus is going to come back and make all things new. I will wait for Him.
“And in those days shall men seek death, and shall not find it; and shall desire to die, and death shall flee from them”.
REV 9:6