{"id":974,"date":"2014-04-08T15:24:25","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T20:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/?p=974"},"modified":"2014-04-21T16:20:55","modified_gmt":"2014-04-21T21:20:55","slug":"how-the-hagfish-forms-its-slime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/how-the-hagfish-forms-its-slime\/","title":{"rendered":"How the hagfish forms its slime<img src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/canada_flag_icon_small.gif\">"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_975\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hagfish-slime.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-975\" class=\"size-full wp-image-975\" alt=\"Hagfish slime contains thread-like proteins that could be mimicked in human materials. New research from a group led by Douglas Fudge (pictured above) provides insight into how the proteins form in hagfish cells. (Credit: Dean Palmer)\" src=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hagfish-slime.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hagfish-slime.jpg 250w, http:\/\/sciencemediacentre.ca\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/hagfish-slime-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hagfish slime contains thread-like proteins that could be mimicked in human materials. New research from a group led by Douglas Fudge (pictured above) provides insight into how the proteins form in hagfish cells. (Credit: Dean Palmer, via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uoguelph.ca\/news\/2014\/04\/guelph_research.html\" target=\"_blank\">University of Guelph<\/a>)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hagfish slime \u00a0&#8211; produced as a defense mechanism &#8211; contains long, thread-like proteins that can be as strong as spider silk.\u00a0A new study provides insights that\u00a0could help researchers create artificial versions of these threads for use in clothing or other applications.<\/p>\n<p>The study used advanced microscopic techniques to trace the life cycle of the hagfish cells that produce the protein, and create 3D models of how the protein threads are coiled to prevent them getting tangled.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nature.com\/ncomms\/2014\/140404\/ncomms4534\/full\/ncomms4534.html\" target=\"_blank\">Original research paper<\/a><\/span>\u00a0published in the\u00a0journal\u00a0<i>Nature Communications\u00a0<\/i>on\u00a0<strong>April 4, 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Names and affiliations of selected<\/strong><strong>\u00a0authors<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uoguelph.ca\/ib\/people\/faculty\/fudge.shtml\" target=\"_blank\">Douglas Fudge<\/a>, University of Guelph, Ontario<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hagfish slime \u00a0&#8211; produced as a defense mechanism &#8211; contains long, thread-like proteins that can be as strong as spider silk.\u00a0A new study provides insights that\u00a0could help researchers create artificial versions of these threads for use in clothing or other applications. 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