Did Scientists Revive 46,000-Year-Old Roundworms?

Deep in Siberian permafrost lurk microscopic roundworms frozen in time, just waiting for a thaw so they can emerge to infect a host and continue their life cycle. These parasitic creatures are known as nematodes, and they have the ability to ���freeze��� (reduce their metabolic rate to extremely low levels) for seemingly long periods of time. But are they really emerging from a 46,000-year state of cryptobiosis, as the media is reporting?

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