It was also possible to extract different isomers (possibly cis-geometrical isomers) of these molecules.
(It is possible to extract it even from cow dung, as Japanese chemists demonstrated in 2006).
He speculated that it might even be possible to extract DNA.
Still, it is possible to extract some good for journalism from this riveting mess.
By 2005, it had become possible to extract DNA from a person's clothing and personal items.
(It's possible to extract rose oil, but rose oil doesn't quite smell like a rose).
And it may eventually be possible to extract valuable minerals from asteroids cheaply enough for it to be worth bringing them back to Earth.
Now a team of scientists has shown that it's possible to extract DNA from nearly 200-year-old insect specimens without ruining them.
But it is possible to extract DNA from a sample of soil or seawater without knowing the identities of the creatures that are the DNA sources.
Photograph by Natacha Pisarenko / AP By 2005, it had become possible to extract DNA from a person's clothing and personal items.
It is also possible to extract from the family tree information about its prevalence in a population.
