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Can an ancient virus be brought back to life? What 500-year-old smallpox DNA reveals

By Aris Katzourakis, Professor of Evolution and Genomics, Paleovirology Lab, University of Oxford

Smallpox DNA from two people buried in Chile reveals the virus’s arrival through European colonisation – but recreating it would require deliberate laboratory work.

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