Ancient Viruses and Melting Ice - 03/04/14 05:34 AM
Can ancient pathogens thaw out from permafrost and infect modern people and animals? An ancient virus that infects amoebas has been discovered and it is still viable after all those millennia in ice. Could human diseases long since vanquished recur as the ice melts?
http://news.yahoo.com/giant-virus-resurrected-permafrost-30-000-years-202120390.html
http://news.yahoo.com/giant-virus-resurrected-permafrost-30-000-years-202120390.html