Suspended Animation

Published: Jan. 25, 2011, 9 p.m.

b"Stopping signs of life and starting them again might seem like pure sci-fi\\u2014but cell biologist Mark Roth says it's very possible. In this podcast, he explains why.\\n\\nPodcast produced by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Funding for NOVA is provided by David H. Koch, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and public television viewers.\\n\\nLearn about other ways that science is extending human life. Go to pbs.org/nova/sciencenow."