Dinosaurs could hold key to cancer discoveries, scientists say

The findings raised the possibility that prehistoric creatures could be used to study ancient tumours, helping to fill in the 'jigsaw' of cancer’s molecular building blocks

The skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex dinosaur. File picture 

Dinosaur fossils could hold the key to new cancer discoveries and influence future treatments for humans, scientists have said.

In a new study published in the journal Biology, which was almost a decade in the making, researchers from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) and Imperial College London identified preserved red blood cell-like structures in a dinosaur fossil.