Guest FoxNews.com Posted September 8, 2016 Posted September 8, 2016 http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/c820cd9ef360cbfd29b50036544f5e88.jpgSome 37 years after the deadliest known release of anthrax spores in history in the Soviet city of Sverdlovsk, American scientists have sequenced the genome of anthrax DNA from the bodies of two people who died in the 1979 accident. The study by scientists at Northern Arizona University and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) used deep DNA sequencing methods to recreate the genome of the anthrax spores that infected 77 people living near the Soviet anthrax production facility, 66 of whom died when a tiny amount of anthrax spores -- between a few milligrams and a gram, or one-thirtieth of an ounce -- escaped from a military facility known as Military Compound 19. (more…) Trending right now: Leaked Apple trademarks reveal iPhone 7’s smart button, MacBook Pro’s touch bar and more iPhone 7 meta hands-on: blazing speed but weird home button iPhone 7 vs. iPhone 7 Plus: What are the differences between Apple’s 2016 flagship smartphones? http://androidforum.us/data/MetaMirrorCache/8ba192b67efe958f436abb0300a93924._.gif Via BRG - Boy Genius Report
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