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I am happy with every new ancient DNA sequence of plague that becomes available. Combined, they can be used to figure out the way the disease spread across Eurasia and persisted in Europe.

That said, I would like these news articles to actually link to the scientific paper, or if the paper is not published yet/still under review, at least mention that.

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Eh, isn't that's kinda hard and dangerous, for the simplest way is to infect animals with these strains, and I kinda doubt any humans are volunteering to play their part....

Just having a DNA sequence is quite some distance from the proteins it produces, the regulatory system that governs what, when and how much, and the effect of them on us poor animals. But this has got to be a hot area of research....

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