Scientists pull ancient RNA from a woolly mammoth's body

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/14/nx-s1-5607041/wooly-mammoth-oldest-rna-yuka
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Scientists pull ancient RNA from a woolly mammoth's body

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.

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i bet this team is tired of all the jurrasic park references they get!

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2025

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Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in the extinct mammal's body just before it died.

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