Scientists find deadly virus DNA hidden in 1,000-year-old manuscripts
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Scientists find deadly virus DNA hidden in 1,000-year-old manuscripts
Ancient manuscripts, including the 1,000-year-old York Gospels, have revealed traces of a deadly sheep virus whose history stretches back more than 3,700 years. Scientists discovered that the virus has remained remarkably unchanged for millennia, turning historic parchment into an unexpected record of ancient disease outbreaks.
A window where researchers found the DNA of a deadly virus inside a historical manuscript, about a thousand years old, in a move that might open the door to an ancient disease study...
At least 3,700 years ago, a deadly virus circulates among Eurasia sheep. Part of this story was hidden in the pages of medieval manuscripts, such as...
Researchers have discovered traces of the sheep pox virus in the parchments of medieval manuscripts, including the York Gospels, about 1,000 years old.
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