Scientists at Stockholm University have successfully recovered and sequenced RNA from an Extinct Species, the Tasmanian tiger, for the first time. This breakthrough raises hope for the potential resurrection of extinct animals in the future. The team was able to extract and sequence RNA molecules from a 130-year-old Tasmanian tiger specimen, reconstructing skin and skeletal muscle RNA. Recovering RNA from extinct species provides valuable information about the genes and their activity, offering a new dimension of knowledge compared to DNA alone. The study also has implications for studying pandemic RNA viruses and highlights the potential use of museum collections in this research.

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