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Carbon monoxide-induced suspended animation protects against hypoxic damage in Caenorhabditis elegans Todd G. Nystul*† and Mark B. Roth*‡ *Division of Basic Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA 98105; and †Molecular and Cellular Biology Program, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195

Oxygen deprivation is a major cause of cellular damage and death. Here we demonstrate that Caenorhabditis elegans embryos, which can survive both in anoxia (