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8 Million Year Old Bacteria Thaws, Lives

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gonna-need-more-antibiotics dept.

Jamie found a New Scientist story about 8 million year old bacteria that scientists thawed out, and now it's alive. Also somehow they are sure that this is safe. The interesting bit is that since these samples came from ancient ice, it seems that the world will naturally be filled with these guys soon.

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  1. Boffins will kill us all by Yath · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Also somehow they are sure that this is safe.


    Because as we all know, bacteria have but one function: to infect humans. And nothing prepares them for the invasion of our helpless tissues like living in a glacier for a few eons.
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