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Scientists discover 15,000-year-old viruses from Tibetan glaciers
The findings, published in the journal Microbiome, may help understand how viruses have evolved over centuries.
New York: Scientists have found viruses nearly 15,000-years-old in two ice samples taken from the Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been cataloged to date.
The findings, published in the journal Microbiome, may help understand how viruses have evolved over centuries. For this study, the scientists also created a new, ultra-clean method of analysing microbes and viruses in ice without contaminating it.
Scientists discover 15,000-year-old viruses from Tibetan glacier in China
Scientists discover 15,000-year-old viruses from Tibetan glacier in China
Updated: Jul 22, 2021, 06:00 IST
NEWYORK Scientists have found viruses nearly 15,000-years-old in two ice samples taken from the
Tibetan Plateau in China. Most of those viruses, which survived because they had remained frozen, are unlike any viruses that have been catalogued to date. The findings, published in the journal
Microbiome, may help understand how viruses have evolved over centuries. For this study, the scientists also created a new, ultra-clean method of analysing microbes and viruses in ice without contaminating it.
“These glaciers were formed gradually, and along with dust and gases, many, many viruses were also deposited in that ice,” said lead author
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In news that would be far less terrifying if we weren’t living through a pandemic, scientists have discovered 15,000 year old viruses in some Tibetan glaciers. I simply cannot stress this enough: put them back.
The findings from the study – completed by scientists at Ohio State University – were published in the journal Microbiome on Tuesday in an attempt to help scientists better understand how viruses evolve over time. You know, because we’re battling a pretty gnarly one right now.
According to the study, the viruses managed to survive for 15,000 years because the remained frozen and locked away within the Tibetan Plateau in China.