Would these worms have been snap-frozen? I.e., they did not freeze slowly so that ice crystals did not form in their cells killing them. How would snap freezing work in these environments.
Worms frozen in permafrost for up to 42,000 years come back to life
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#32I thought the half life of DNA was around 400 years. Anyone know how this is possible?
Halflife under normal circumstances. Deepfreezing it is not the usual for DNA. Just like your meat and vegetables are still edible when you freeze them a year later and spoil in a matter of hours or days at higher temperatures. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2012/10... So that's at 13.1 degrees, quote from the end of that paper: "Our results indicate that short fragments of DNA could be present…
That’s very interesting, thanks! I now need to go read more about those 450,000 year old fragments.
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#33I misread the title as "Woman frozen ..." and mentally prepared myself for some existentially shattering shit.
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#34I misread the title as "Woman frozen ..." and mentally prepared myself for some existentially shattering shit.
Thats gotta be some optical illusion thing.
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#36I thought the half life of DNA was around 400 years. Anyone know how this is possible?
Ideal conditions in very cold temperatures.
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#37Isn't this the beginning of some horror body snatching movie?
Are we sure they're really worms? Better get ready to do the hot wire blood test on everyone on that site...
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#38I misread the title as "Woman frozen ..." and mentally prepared myself for some existentially shattering shit.
Indeed, if such a woman had been unfrozen, would she be too important of a scientific discovery to ever be allowed to live a normal human life again? Would she just be a research subject quarantined and experimented on for the rest of her days?
What does it mean for a reanimated woman from 42000 years ago to live a "normal" life in modern times?
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed, if such a woman had been unfrozen, would she be too important of a scientific discovery to ever be allowed to live a normal human life again? Would she just be a research subject quarantined and experimented on for the rest of her days?
What does it mean for a reanimated woman from 42000 years ago to live a "normal" life in modern times?
All kinds of new fun diseases, probably.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Indeed, if such a woman had been unfrozen, would she be too important of a scientific discovery to ever be allowed to live a normal human life again? Would she just be a research subject quarantined and experimented on for the rest of her days?
What does it mean for a reanimated woman from 42000 years ago to live a "normal" life in modern times?
Many have wondered the same. I personally think Brandon Frasier's perspective in the film, "Encino Man," was quite apt.