Researchers at Stockholm University have extracted and sequenced the oldest known RNA molecules in the world (Cell 2025, DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2025.10.025). The ancient RNA (aRNA) comes from skin and ...

Key market opportunities in the RNA extraction and purification sector include the growing demand for RNA-based therapies and diagnostics, the development of user-friendly and automated kits, and the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The problem with studying long-extinct creatures is that their tissue degrades, even if it’s safely stuffed and on display in a ...

One of Yuka’s legs, illustrating the exceptional preservation of the lower part of the leg after the skin had been removed, which enabled recovery of ancient RNA molecules. Photo credit: Valeri ...

Conventional multiomics strategies frequently rely on separate samples for individual omics analyses. This interview explores ...

Scientists have extracted RNA from an ancient woolly mammoth that gives new insight into the extinct beasts—and might one day boost moonshot efforts to resurrect them. The animal’s body was discovered ...

The woolly mammoth is probably the single most iconic extinct mammal, leading to seemingly never-ending efforts to resurrect it. To do that, however, scientists will need a good understanding of their ...

To obtain high-quality, purified nucleic acids, scientists can use several different methods, including phenol-chloroform extraction, cesium chloride/ethidium bromide (CsCl/EtBr) gradient ...

PCR cycle selection is a delicate balancing act. When preparing RNA-seq libraries, choosing too many cycles risks overcycling, which can compromise data quality and distort transcript representation.