Reposted by RavneetThe Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 30/05/2025theglobeandmail.comStudy reveals how the evolution of a single gene allowed the plague to keep killingA multiyear investigation pieced together ancient DNA from strains of the plague, bringing together researchers from across the Atlantic 186
Reposted by RavneetPierre Lê-Bury @pierrelebury.bsky.social · 29/05/20251/12 - New in @science.org ! ☠️ Curious of what happened to Yersinia pestis, the bacterium responsible for the Black Death, throughout plague pandemics? Check out our new study 👇 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgAttenuation of virulence in Yersinia pestis across three plague pandemicsYersinia pestis has spilled over from wild rodent reservoirs to commensal rodents and humans, causing three historically recorded pandemics. Depletion in the copy number of the plasmid-encoded virulen... 13618
