In the 1300's the Black Death plague reaped London and killed thousands of people. Researchers and scientists have reconstructed and found full DNA of a microbe that within five years felled one- third to one-half of the population of Western Europe. The DNA is taken from the teeth of skeleton's that were dug up from a grave site. With this discovery researchers hope to recreate the microbe and be able to better understand the disease and what caused the break out.
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