T. Rex Soft Tissue Found Preserved. The only caution I would offer is that I recall claims that T-Rex DNA was extracted back in 1994…though the consensus now seems to be that that was contamination.
GFA adds: Here is Gary Hurd’s review of the last time rex molecules made headlines.
On a related note, the journal Acta Zoologica Sinca has a new issue devoted to dinosaurish things, including an astoundingly bad critique of the theropod hypothesis of bird origins by pseudoscientist Larry Martin. The entire issue can be seen here.
Posted by razib at 05:38 PM