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cvirtue) wrote2025-08-07 05:02 am
cvirtue) wrote2025-08-07 05:02 am
Spanish Flu 1918 sequenced
Spanish Flu Genome Resurrected From 107-Year-Old Lung, Revealing Deadly Mutations
Our immune system had no chance
“The complete genome of an early strain of "Spanish flu" - which killed up to 100,000 people between 1918 and 1920 - has been sequenced from the preserved lung of a young man who died of the illness. Presenting their findings in a new study, researchers say the virus displays a number of mutations that enhanced its ability to infect human cells and significantly increased its lethality, even at the very beginning of the pandemic.”
Spanish Flu Genome Resurrected From 107-Year-Old Lung, Revealing Deadly Mutations | IFLScience https://www.iflscience.com/spanish-flu-genome-resurrected-from-107-year-old-lung-revealing-deadly-mutations-80292
Our immune system had no chance
“The complete genome of an early strain of "Spanish flu" - which killed up to 100,000 people between 1918 and 1920 - has been sequenced from the preserved lung of a young man who died of the illness. Presenting their findings in a new study, researchers say the virus displays a number of mutations that enhanced its ability to infect human cells and significantly increased its lethality, even at the very beginning of the pandemic.”
Spanish Flu Genome Resurrected From 107-Year-Old Lung, Revealing Deadly Mutations | IFLScience https://www.iflscience.com/spanish-flu-genome-resurrected-from-107-year-old-lung-revealing-deadly-mutations-80292