Showing posts with label virus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label virus. Show all posts

Thursday, 10 September 2015

Scientists Reanimate New Giant Virus Frozen for 30,000 Years

An ancient virus preserved in the Siberian ice for 30,000 years is to be brought back to life by scientists – to find out if it could harm humans. No one knows whether the virus could harm humans or animals. By reanimating the Mollivirus sibericum virus – a ‘giant virus’, one of four such prehistoric...