Tyrannosaurus rex Tissue found

[BOZ]

wow! i didn't even know this was possible! but then, i suspect i'm not the only one...

 

[Krieg]

Dang it... you beat me to it. I was just about to post this.

Same here, just got home from work and logged on with the express intent of titling it "Have you pre-ordered your Jurassic Park Tickets?!".

This is potentially one of the biggest paleontological finds ever. Even more amazing is the fact that it may not be a rare occurance but the standard practice of keeping dinosaur bones intact kept it from being discovered until the bone was broken by chance.

 

[Zoatebix]

I can't wait to hear back from the people I've sent this to!

 

[Raging Epistaxis]

Holy @#!$%!!!

First they talk about cloning some Mammoth DNA, now they have (potentially) a source for T. Rex DNA. And Hadrosaur.

My mind reels at the possibilities. Jurassic Park indeed.

Of course, the pathologist in me wants to see the tissue slides or at least images that show how they compare to avian or modern reptile cells.

That soft tissue could survive relatively intact for that long just absolutely blows my mind. I wonder to what degree cellular structures (nucleus, organelles, mitochondria, etc) have 'survived' without degradation or significant decomposition.

Wow.

R E

 

[Mark]

Tyrannosaurus rex Tissue found

How sad...

 

[der_kluge]

Aw jeez. Why couldn't it have been a vegetarian?

Isn't life dangerous enough without T-Rexes walking around?

/didn't read the article

 

[Hand of Evil]

cool

 

[Hand of Evil]

I was kind of impressed with Octopus walks on two legs: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7286853/

 

[Zoatebix]

Here's a BBC link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4379577.stm

 

[Tewligan]

I'm going to start stockpiling guns to prepare for the upcoming t-rex/mammoth/octopus apocalypse. The end is nigh!