World's oldest RNA extracted from woolly mammoth

Researchers from Stockholm University have—for the first time ever—managed to successfully isolate and sequence RNA molecules ...

Oldest RNA Ever Recovered Captures a Woolly Mammoth’s Dying Moments

Mármol and his colleagues extracted RNA sequences from the muscles and skin of 10 permafrozen woolly mammoth specimens found ...
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Frozen proof: Oldest RNA extracted from 40,000-year-old mammoth unlocks life secrets

Researchers from Stockholm University extracted the RNA sequences from a juvenile mammoth (named Yuka) that died almost ...
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How RNA Unseated DNA as the Most Important Molecule in Your Body

We’re celebrating 180 years of Scientific American. Explore our legacy of discovery and look ahead to the future. In 1957, just four years after Francis Crick and other scientists solved the riddle of ...