Biblical plant with medicinal properties resurrected from 1,000-year-old seed

100% germination rate from 1000 year old seed? Amazing! My seed collections don't stay that viable.

This headline is misleading, it isnt the biblical plant they were hoping for. Still neat how they germinated an old seed. From the article&#x27;s end:<p>&gt; Based on all these things, it’s not the Judean balsam

I&#x27;m not really passionate about tech anymore but this is why I&#x27;m still coming to HN nowadays, including the comments. Thanks for posting this here.

How does it work given the 500-year half-life of the DNA?

I think I&#x27;ve seen this horror movie. They get a cult like following it, and mysterious deaths are blamed on this tree.<p>But in all seriousness, that&#x27;s pretty amazing. But what&#x27;s the medicinal properties? It&#x27;s not mentioned nearly at all in the article.

Still has to be scientifically proven to have medical applications

Very interesting, and the seedling composite leaves are compatible with Commiphora. There are 208 species to discard before to call it a new species.

I hope they can clone it or find more seeds.

Any prediction markets up on it having adverse side effects, like cancer, being found within 5 years

Now resurrect silphium.

Now that is some Biblical News!

Jesus coming