Ice Worms And Frozen Rat Ovaries

Murf-Dawg writes: "I found this article about 'ice worms' by linking from some information on a National Geographic Channel site. Seems like an x-files plot almost... Ice Worms that live in glaciers right around (and below apparently) freezing... Anybody know anything about them? I can't believe anything can live that cold . They say the research could help with organ and tissue storage." And on a related note, Egonis writes "In a world first, researchers in Canada have successfully transplanted the frozen ovaries and Fallopian tubes of rats, raising the possibility donor hearts and kidneys could also be preserved in suspended animation for years."

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from the article:

Ice worms are so strange that most people and even some scientists dismiss them as a hoax. They are found only in a region ranging from Washington State to Alaska. At room temperature, they disintegrate in 15 minutes. They live in glaciers, feed on pink algae and creep out only at night in the summer. The JASON project predicts that this will be the first time these almost mythical creatures will be observed in the winter.

The JASON Project, the nation's foremost science distance learning program for middle school students, hopes to change that.

By the way, just in case you don't trust the research of middle school students, google returns the following for a search for "ice worms".