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Scientists Resurrect 46,000-Year-Old Worm Encased in Siberian Permafrost

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Researchers hope to use the prehistoric roundworm to study the cryptobiosis process organisms use to undertake their centuries-long nap.

AJ McDougall
AJ McDougall 

Breaking News Reporter

A centuries-old microscopic nematode rescued from the Siberian permafrost.
PLOS Genetics
AJ McDougall

AJ McDougall

Breaking News Reporter

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