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5,000-year-old mass grave harbors the oldest plague bacteria ever found


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7 hours ago, PhillipBlunt said:

Well, if you're into that type of thing, it would be a dream job.

And it could save a LOT of lives.  Bacteria, yeasts and viruses outnumber and out-mass all other forms of life.  Most diseases -- including Cancer -- have a connection to either bacteria or viruses, or are themselves caused by a bacterium or a virus.  The most significant medical breakthroughs in the last 500 years have fallen into 2 categories: hygiene (related to prevention of contact with particular viruses and bacteria) and vaccination (anti-viral) or penicillin deployment (anti-bacterial). 

 Most important work I know of.  Weird though, and requires a particular dedication not many of us have!  And 9 to 12 years of education beyond high school. 

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