Antarctic moss survives 1500 years of cryopreservation

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A cryopreservation of moss.

Moss frozen on an Antarctic island for more than 1,500 years was brought back to life in a British laboratory, researchers report.

http://www.livescience.com/44134-old-frozen-antarctic-moss-regrows.html

That would be a record in preservation!

Anyone know the next best, probably quite a few years less than 1500.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

Incredible, I love this kind of news! It's like traveling back in time.