[neverdem]

Analyses of Soft Tissue from Tyrannosaurus rex Suggest the Presence of Protein

Protein Sequences from Mastodon and Tyrannosaurus Rex Revealed by Mass Spectrometry

Like before, the text is available and miniature figures are in "Figures Only" and pdf links are given for the "Supporting Online Material."

[Diogenesis]

I want a Tyrannoburger ... tastes like chicken.

[Maelstorm]

Interesting. I’d been reading about soft tissue extraction from dinosaur bones for a while. This is the first time I’ve heard of any sequencing.

[Savage Beast]

"If we spend a lot of time...I think we're going to find that many specimens are like this."

That's right, Jack. And one of these days you're going to stick in your thumb and pull out a plumb and say: "Holy Mackerel! This is Dinosaur DNA!" And you know what'll happen next!

If you think alligators are a problem, just wait!

[Poundstone]

Next stop: Jurassic Park!

[neverdem]

Here are two other threads on the story.

Scientists Retrieve Proteins From Dinosaur Bone

Ancient T. rex and mastodon protein fragments discovered, sequenced There are many links from Sunken Civ.

Howard says no to HIV-positive immigrants (Australia)

Restoration of p53 function leads to tumour regression in vivo This pdf link is quite fascinating, although it's a very technical 5 pages. I noticed the title on Nature's home page. I found this copy posted on the web.

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[mountainlyons]

Is this the same sample that was softened with vinegar?

[WorkingClassFilth]

This particular fossil, which has been shown to contain soft tissues...

Seventy five million years old.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[TigersEye]

ping

[Kevmo]

fascinating. bump for later reading

[SunkenCiv]

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