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News Release 12-015
Researchers Show How New Viruses Evolve, and in Some Cases, Become Deadly
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Researchers at Michigan State University demonstrate how a new virus evolves, shedding light on how easy it can be for diseases to gain dangerous mutations.
Credit: Michigan State University/Jeremy Polk, National Science Foundation
The researchers' work is described in the January 27, 2012 issue of the journal Science.
Credit: Copyright AAAS 2012
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