Question: will rna degrade at room temperature?
Answer: As seen in Figure 1b, RNA exposed to air exhibited a clear degradation: after 92 weeks at room temperature, no intact 28S rRNA molecule could be seen and the RIN value dropped from 7.3 to 2.0. In contrast, when protected from air, the RIN number slightly dropped from 7.2 to 6.8 after 23 months at room temperature.