Name: Suspended animation is within our grasp
Uploaded: 2010-03-15T01:00:00Z
Duration: 17 min 56 s
Description: Mark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It's wild stuff, but it's not science fiction. Induced by careful use of an otherwise toxic gas, suspended animation can potentially help trauma and heart attack victims survive long enough to be treated.

Mark Roth studies suspended animation: the art of shutting down life processes and then starting them up again. It's wild stuff, but it's not science fiction. Induced by careful use of an otherwise toxic gas, suspended animation can potentially help trauma and heart attack victims survive long enough to be treated.

Mark Roth: Suspended animation is within our grasp

Suspended animation is within our grasp

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