Scientists examine the mummified remains of a 39,000-year-old mammoth nicknamed Yuka, whose tissue yielded ancient RNA in a ...

One-letter difference in our DNA determines whether BCG vaccine provides good protection against tuberculosis or not. Researchers have elucidated how that one letter difference affects the activation ...

All starting from the same DNA, neurons ultimately take on individual characteristics in the brain and body. Differences in ...

Now, scientists have published incredible findings from a Siberian mammoth they've named Yuka, revealing that they've found mostly intact RNA that can be dated to around 40,000 years old. It's an ...

Long before modern humans built cities or carved out farms, woolly mammoths wandered across frozen plains with thick coats and steady steps. Their bones, tusks, and frozen bodies have offered clues to ...

Scientists have recovered ancient molecules of RNA from a juvenile mammoth named Yuka, who died 40,000 years ago in what is ...

WOOLLY mammoths are a step closer to coming back from the dead after RNA from a 39,000-year-old carcass was found. The Ice ...

This data provides further insight into the events surrounding the death of the mammoth in the northern Siberian permafrost around 40,000 years ago.

A new paper, published today in Science, identifies widespread differences between DNA sequences and their corresponding RNA transcripts in human cells, and demonstrates that these differences result ...

Scientists have extracted the oldest RNA molecules out of a woolly mammoth, gaining a snapshot into the processes at work in ...

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