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Can ancient germs from dug-up Egyptian mummies trigger a plague or pandemic today?
Do ancient Egyptian mummies harbour deadly plagues ready to wreak havoc in the modern world? Here's…
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Did infection from human viruses contribute to the demise of Neanderthals 40,000 years ago?
Researchers sifted through DNA extracted from Neanderthal remains in Chagyrskaya Cave, Russia, to l…
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Scientists discovered 50,000-year-old viruses in Neanderthal DNA that could help explain their mysterious extinction
Research found signs of ancient viruses in Neanderthal DNA that they may have gotten from ancient h…
Jenny McGrath
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Scientists find an ancient virus might be the key to treating lung cancer
Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute and Cancer Research UK have discovered how normally-dor…
Bethany Dawson
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Ancient viruses could re-emerge as permafrost melts, posing 'unpredictable threats' to our communities, new study says
These ancient pathogens could cause "unpredictable threats" to our communities if they survive, res…
Katie Hawkinson
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Scientists have revived 'zombie' bugs and viruses before that were trapped in ancient ice. One may have been 8 million years old.
Scientists have previously revived ancient bacteria and prehistoric viruses that had been trapped i…
Marianne Guenot
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Scientists revive 48,500-year-old zombie virus buried under a frozen lake in Russia
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ANI
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A pandora's box of 28 ancient viruses are trapped in glaciers — and climate change could set them free
The best-case scenario is despite the melting ice, the viruses won't activate. Even so, it wou…
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Covid-19 damages lungs by continuing an ancient battle that began in the primordial soup
Viruses and bacteria have a very long history. Because viruses can't reproduce without a host, they…
PTI
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Scientists have now sequenced ancient herpes DNA from the rotting teeth of human remains
Researchers compared ancient herpes DNA to modern-day samples. The virus may have flourished when k…
Paola Rosa-Aquino
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Scientists revived a 'zombie' virus frozen for 48,500 years in ice. They learned it could still infect other cells.
Although the virus was frozen for thousands of years, it was infectious — and scientists worry dead…
Chris Panella,Morgan McFall-J…
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An ancient virus that's similar to HIV is spreading around Australia, and doctors are sounding the alarm
HTLV-1 can lead to leukemia and lymphoma diagnoses. It's similar in some ways to the more well-know…
Jeremy Berke
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Ancient, giant viruses are being unearthed in Arctic ice that's at risk of melting
In 2015, researchers in Siberia uncovered one called Mollivirus sibericum, a 30,000-year-old behemo…
Erin Brodwin,Lydia Ramsey
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Does copper kill germs? Yes, it's effective against COVID-19 within 4 hours
Copper kills most germs within hours because it disrupts a pathogen's protective layers that keep i…
Ashley Laderer,Tania Elliott
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China is guarding ancient bat caves against journalists and scientists seeking to discover the origins of the coronavirus
Chinese authorities prevented BBC and AP journalists from accessing caves in Yunnan. Some scientist…
Bill Bostock
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Muslims in Jerusalem pray outdoors amid virus lockdown
Shops in Muslim-majority areas are required to close at 6 p.m. every night but can make deliveries.…
PTI
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Japan ends Olympic flame display due to virus
He declined to comment on where the flame will be stored, saying that organisers had no immediate …
PTI
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Ancient viruses are being unearthed in ice - and they could help solve a big mystery about what makes us sick
Deep in the lakes of a group of rocky, coastal islands near the south pole, the researchers uncover…
Erin Brodwin
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28 prehistoric viruses unknown to science were found in a glacial ice cores. They are thought to be around 15,000 years old.
The researchers said that the viruses found in an ice core taken from the Guliya ice cap in the Tib…
Marianne Guenot
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Ancient Giant Viruses Revived After 30,000 Years In Siberian Permafrost
People already inhale thousands of viruses every day, and swallow billions whenever they swim in th…