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Single gene evolution helped Black Death kill millions for centuries
The Black Death remains the single deadliest pandemic in recorded human history. The post Single gene evolution helped Black ...
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Black Death secret that saw it adapt, survive and kill tens of millions of people
A new scientific discovery has uncovered secrets of the Black Death plague that is thought to have killed tens of millions ...
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Black Death Plague That Killed Millions Became Less Fatal because of This Genetic Tweak
Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...
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Black Death bacterium has become less lethal after genetic tweak
A small genetic change makes the bacterium that caused the plague less fatal but possibly more transmissible, allowing for ...
Gene mutation found in the bacterium behind the Black Death helped plague conquer the world, scientists say
A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive ...
Skulls of 19 Black Americans Return to New Orleans After 150 Years in Germany
The remains, used in the 19th century as part of now discredited racial science, are being laid to rest on Saturday in a ...
Black Death Plague Bacterium Became Less Fatal thanks to Just One Genetic Tweak
A small genetic change makes the bacterium that caused the plague less fatal but possibly more transmissible, allowing for ...