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Ancient DNA Points to Oral Herpes’ Beginnings

By Cara Murez HealthDay ReporterHealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, July 28, 2022 (HealthDay News) — While the herpes virus that causes lip sores is widespread as we speak, it has been tough for scientists to search out traces of it amongst historic stays. Now, researchers report they’ve uncovered and sequenced 4 historic herpes virus genomes for the […]

How Scientists Adapted an Ancient Art Form to Create Nanoscopic Medical Tools

Holly Greenberg was a 24-year-old graduate scholar within the mechanical engineering lab at Brigham Young University (BYU) when she discovered the concept folded paper cranes may need any relevance to her work. Greenberg was all for compliant mechanisms – that’s, objects whose movement comes from bending, folding, and twisting. One of her finest associates was […]