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What could go wrong?! A 48,500-year-old Siberian virus is resurrected

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The oldest known frozen, dormant virus in the world has been revived in a French lab, leading many to worry about the dangers of bringing ancient microbes to life. The virus was pulled from Siberian permafrost in far eastern Russia and is 48,500 years old, proving that viruses are incredibly resilient and able to survive …

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Scientists have resurrected ancient 'zombie viruses' frozen for eons in Siberia

Scientists have resurrected ancient ‘zombie viruses’ frozen for eons in Siberia

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As the world heats up, vast slabs of permafrost are melting, releasing materials that have been trapped in its icy grip for years. This includes a host of microbes that have lain dormant for hundreds of millennia in some cases. To study emerging microbes, scientists have now resurrected a number of these “zombie viruses” from …

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