# Suspended animation is within our grasp

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2010
- Speaker: Mark Roth
- Year: 2010
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mark_roth_suspended_animation_is_within_our_grasp)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

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.

## Lectures

1. [Suspended animation is within our grasp](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mark_roth_suspended_animation_is_within_our_grasp/3b3e0d3ca3ef), 18 min (TED's player)