China exploits the “superman” gene. They want to create a man who will survive a nuclear war

It derives its energy from the fission reaction of heavy atomic nuclei into lighter ones under the influence of neutron bombardment. It has five ways of causing damage: Shockwave, Heat Radiation, Penetrating Radiation, Radioactive Contamination, and Electromagnetic Pulse. The first four are said to kill instantly. The countries that have it – the US, Russia, China, Britain and France – have collectively agreed that nuclear war cannot be won and must never be allowed to break out. Despite this, Chinese scientists are working on creating super-soldiers capable of surviving it.

China. The tardigrade DNA transfer was successful

Researchers at the Beijing Academy of Military Sciences, using CRISPR/Cas9 genome-editing technology, inserted tardigrade genes into artificially cultured human embryonic stem cells, reports. Chinese scientists say that thanks to this, they will create a super soldier who will win against a nuclear attack, will not suffer from radiation sickness, and may also be immune to other viruses. They intend to continue their research.

What are tardigrades? They inhabit almost all ecosystems

(Tardigrada) are small invertebrates. They inhabit almost all ecosystems on our planet. They occur both on land and in fresh and salt waters, where they live mainly in bryophytes, lichens, soil, aquatic plants or in bottom sediments and sea sand. They very rarely exceed 1 mm in length. They have a worm-shaped body, with four pairs of legs, usually provided with claws or rebates. They feed on algae, plant cells, small invertebrates (such as rotifers or nematodes), bacteria and protozoa. Despite their small size, Tardigrada have most of the systems of higher-order animals, such as the nervous, muscular, digestive, and reproductive systems.

Tardigrades, the most durable creatures

A unique feature of tardigrades is their ability to fall into various types of cryptobiosis (a reversible state of extremely reduced metabolism, used to survive in unfavorable environmental conditions), such as: anhydrobiosis (in response to the lack of liquid water), anoxybiosis (in response to the lack of oxygen), osmobiosis (in response to changes in osmotic pressure) or cryobiosis (in response to freezing). All this allows them to survive in extremely low or high temperatures, under the bombardment of UV radiation, and even in the vacuum of space. – Current research on tardigrades and other extremophiles (simple organisms capable of surviving in extreme conditions, such as permafrost or cooling water of nuclear reactors – editor’s note) may in the distant future help to extend human life or protect it from adverse conditions. But that’s still a rather distant prospect –