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Black Death's Genome Cracked

Posted by michael on from the i-dont-want-to-go-on-the-cart dept.

exceed writes: "This article on Wired, and this article on Yahoo! News states that scientists have decoded the genome of the bubonic plague bacterium. This will now (hopefully soon) lead to vaccinations and treatments for the disease it causes."

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  1. Re:All in the timing. by Sheldon_Brown · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What they REALLY need to decode is whatever virus it is that prompts record executives to pull together a group of 4-5 teenage boys and turn them into a 'boy band'. Cure THAT virus, and the world will thank you.

    You know what else would be great? A cure for malaria, the disease responsible for half of the world's deaths.

    No wonder everyone hates Americans.

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    "A coward is incapable of causing destruction; it is the prerogative of the brave" - Mahatma Ghandi