Proteins Found in Dino Bones
July 27, 2010
Ancient proteins have been found in the soft tissue recovered from the fossil bones of a 68 million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex (T. rex) and a half-million-year-old mastodon.
These results may change the way people think about fossil preservation and present a new method for studying diseases in which identification of proteins is important, such as cancer.
These results may change the way people think about fossil preservation and present a new method for studying diseases in which identification of proteins is important, such as cancer.
Topics:
Health Medical Pharma, Proteins, Paleontology, Tyrannosaurus, diseases, Cancer, Specimens of Tyrannosaurus, Tyrannosauroidea, Fossil, Sue, Mastodon
