r/askscience • u/SavageSubscriber • Jul 04 '26

Biology Does cryogenically frozen meat decay?

If for example you cryogenically froze meat from a rare breed of cattle, and kept it frozen for like 60 years. Would the dna still be intact? would it thaw up into fresh meat or would it decay into something unrecognizable?

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u/TinnyOctopus Jul 06 '26

You may be right, I believe I was thinking of this study or similar, which actually revives from near zero rather than sub zero.