Sci & Tech● Low48m ago · Nov 12, 2026, 12:00 PM
Discovery of DNA of a deadly virus in a thousand-year-old manuscript
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Researchers found the DNA of a deadly virus inside a historical manuscript, about a thousand years old, a step that may open the door for the study of ancient diseases.
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