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Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost
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Scientists have revived a ‘zombie’ virus that spent 48,500 years frozen in permafrost By Katie Hunt, CNN, March 8, 2023 The open access paper is: Alempic, J.M., Lartigue, A., Goncharov, A.E., Grosse, G., Strauss, J., Tikhonov, A.N., Fedorov, A.N., Poirot, O., Legendre, M., Santini, S. and Abergel, C., 2023. An update on eukaryotic viruses revived from ancient permafrost. Viruses, 15(2), p.564-570. Another paper is: Miner, K.R., D’Andrilli, J., Mackelprang, R., Edwards, A., Malaska, M.J., Waldrop, M.P. and Miller, C.E., 2021. Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation. Nature Climate Change, 11(10), pp.809-819. Yours, Paul H.-
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Scientists Revive 48,500-year-old Viruses From Siberian Permafrost
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Scientists Revived Ancient 'Zombie Viruses' Frozen For Eons in Siberia By David Nield, ScienceAlert, Novmber 25, 2022 The paper is: Alempic, J.M., Lartigue, A., Goncharov, A.E., Grosse, G., Strauss, J., Tikhonov, A.N., Fedorov, A.N., Poirot, O., Legendre, M., Santini, S. and Abergel, C., 2022. An update on eukaryotic viruses revived from ancient permafrost. bioRxiv. PDF of preprint of paper An earlier article is: Scientists Are Reawakening a 'Giant Virus' Frozen in The Siberian Wilderness By Peter Dockrill, ScienceAlert September 9, 2015 Yours, Paul H.- 3 replies
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Retrovirus “fossils” made Therian (placental) mammals possible
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Below is a fascinating lecture which argues that Therian (placental) mammals are genetically modified (by retroviral infections) organisms. In essence, human biology is shaped by stolen genes. Paleovirology: Ghosts and Gifts of Ancient Viruses Harmit Malik, Principal Investigator, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Harvard Museum of Natural History Lectures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-WG21Ck9PQ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChjF1Bz-Fx4WFGRqfVbjcrA Yours, Paul H.-
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