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For TB Clues, Researchers Turn to Bones

Key to disease's evolution may lie in 6,000-year-old DNA

By Dustin Lushing, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 14, 2008 6:50 PM CDT

(Newser) – Scientists are analyzing bones found in the ancient city of Jericho, in what's now the West Bank, for clues to fighting tuberculosis. The German, Israeli, and Palestinian researchers hope the 6,000-year-old DNA they're studying will reveal how the disease evolves and how to combat... Read full story »

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disease • DNA • Jericho • fossil • TB • skeleton • bones • tuberculosis • Gulf • Nile delta

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For TB Clues, Researchers Turn to Bones

Key to disease's evolution may lie in 6,000-year-old DNA

disease • DNA • Jericho • fossil • TB • skeleton • bones • tuberculosis • Gulf • Nile delta

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