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Slideshow: Researchers Recover T. Rex Tissue

A broken thighbone gives scientists a rare glimpse into the prehistoric lizard's cellular makeup. Can isolating dinosaur DNA à la be far behind?
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femur. Photograph A shows the de-mineralized fragment is flexible and resilient and, when stretched (arrow), returns to its original shape. Photograph B shows the de-mineralized bone after air drying. The overall structure and functional characteristics remain after dehydration. Photograph C shows regions of de-mineralized bone showing fibrous character (arrows). These characteristics are not normally seen in fossilized bone.AP Photo/Science

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stands in front of the barricaded work area Tuesday in Dinosaur Hall at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Visitors to the museum, which has one of the oldest and largest dinosaur collections in the nation, will be able to watch as the museum's collection of fossilized dinosaur skeletons is taken apart as part of a $35 million renovation of Dinosaur Hall, which is almost a century old.

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