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Preservation of mammalian cells—learning nature's tricks

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Figure 1: Scanning electron micrographs of an active tardigrade (left) and a dry but viable (anhydrobiotic) one (right).
Figure 2: Metbaolic pathway for synthesis of trehalose.

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Crowe, J., Crowe, L. Preservation of mammalian cells—learning nature's tricks. Nat Biotechnol 18, 145–146 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/72580

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