Oldest RNA in World Extracted from Frozen Woolly Mammoth
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Mammoth RNA sequenced for the first time, marking a giant leap toward understanding prehistoric life
Scientists successfully sequence the RNA from woolly mammoths found in Siberia that lived up between 10,000 thousand and 50,000 years ago.
NIMS, in collaboration with Nagoya University, Gifu University, and the University of Adelaide, has developed a method for simultaneously imaging DNA and RNA inside cells using harmless infrared to near-infrared light.