Oh ancient cryptobiosis worm, take away our pain, bring peace at long last, all hail to thee.

“The team now wants to figure out what role these shared genes play in cryptobiosis, and whether there is an upper limit to how long nematodes can remain in this mysterious state.”

Chuck 'em in the freezer and check back in 50,000 years, boys

Right so who wants to volunteer to eat it and see what it does?

Pretty neat that they can go into stasis that long. Too bad we can’t just directly copy that ability to something else. Yet.