Telegraph.co.uk | Black death DNA unravelled Telegraph.co.uk Fragments of 700-year-old DNA from the bug responsible for the Black Death have been pulled from the teeth of four plague victims buried in east London. Scientists used the degraded strands to reconstruct the entire genetic code of the deadly bacterium ... Black Death Bacteria Little Changed as Advances Stave Off Plague Black Death mapping reforms disease study Scientists crack Black Death's genetic code |