Recovery of viral RNA from centuries old human tissue is genuinely exciting.
This changes the horizons for recovery of ancient virus genomes.
Excited to share our work on #AncientRNA from alcohol-preserved lungs, recovering the oldest human RNA virus genome (an 18th-century rhinovirus). Our study shows that viral RNA remnants persist in centuries-old tissue, opening new ways to study virus evolution and historical disease #Paleovirology🫁🦠
