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A joint group of Russian and French scientists the other day discovered an ancient sleeping virus in Siberia, which, compared with current, it turned out to be just gigantic.
Its length approaches micron, for this reason this virus easily distinguishable even with an optical microscope. Getting the name Mollivirus sibericum, an ancient virus interested researchers in plan for their vitality. Lying in permafrost for almost forty thousand years, Mollivirus sibericum retained quite viable sites DNA (in total, it has about five hundred genes).
It struck scientists that the ancient virus, in contact with experimental amoeba woke up. His ability even thanks several particles ready for infection to return to life scared the researchers.
The fact is that we don’t even imagine what they can bring to our modern life awakened to life are so ancient viruses. Intensive development of the Arctic, in particular permafrost territories (and this has been happening recently due to the presence of various mineral resources in these places), may lead to long-rooted, and possibly even unknown diseases will burst us from the Pandora’s box and The earth has many troubles. All this could be worse than AIDS and fever. Ebola
Other Russian scientists share fears worlds that have already encountered the oldest viruses. By their opinion, the development of Siberian open spaces should be preceded a thorough study of the area for the presence of similar microorganisms, which will prevent terrible epidemics, which can not only take the lives of millions of people, but also will require tremendous costs to combat this scourge.
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