It's the most ancient virus that has been revived so far.
that had remained dormant in Siberian permafrost, making it the most ancient virus that has been revived so far. Scientists warned that these ancient viruses are potentially a significant threat to public health.Permafrost is a layer of frozen soil that covers about 25 percent of the Northern Hemisphere. It acts like a giant freezer, keeping microbes, carbon, poisonous mercury, and soil locked in place., this frozen layer is it's melting; and things are getting weird and creepy.
In a study, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research examined ancient samples collected from permafrost in Siberia. They revived and characterized 13 never before seen viruses and called themas they remained infectious despite spending millennia trapped in the frozen ground.
"Due to climate warming, irreversibly thawing permafrost is releasing organic matter frozen for up to a million years, most of which decomposes into carbon dioxide and methane, further enhancing the greenhouse effect," said microbiologist Jean-Marie Alempic, who led the research for the zombie virus., is nearly 50,000 years old.
"The situation would be much more disastrous in the case of a plant, animal, or human diseases caused by the revival of an ancient unknown virus," write the researchers. The researchers have already warned the medical authorities about the lack of updates on "live" viruses in the permafrost over the last decade.This is not the first time that researchers have found an ancient virus trapped within the ice. In 2014, the same researchers revived a 30,000-year-old virus trapped in permafrost. The discovery was groundbreaking because, after all that time, the virus was still able to infect organisms.
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