Mark Roth (born 1957) is an American biochemist, and director of the Roth Lab at the

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. He is a professor at the

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Life

He graduated from the

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with a

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in 1979, and from the

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with a

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in 1984. He studies hibernation and

suspended animation Suspended animation is the temporary (short- or long-term) slowing or stopping of biological function so that physiological capabilities are preserved. It may be either hypometabolic or ametabolic in nature. It may be induced by either endogen ...

. This technology is not likely to be used for long term suspension of people or other mammals any time soon. Roth spoke at the 2010

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in February on using hydrogen sulfide to achieve suspended animation in humans as a means of increasing the success rate of

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. The clinical trials commissioned by the company he founded, Ikaria, were however withdrawn or terminated by August 2011. In 2014, Roth founded Faraday Pharmaceuticals, which has produced similar trials for compounds intended to alter human metabolism. He is married to Laurie; they had two daughters and a son.

Awards

* 2007 MacArthur Fellows Program

References

External links

Roth Labs at Fred Hutchinson
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Suspended animation is within our grasp (TED2010)
American biochemists American medical academics University of Oregon alumni University of Colorado alumni University of Washington faculty 1957 births Living people MacArthur Fellows Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center people {{US-biochemist-stub