Novel approach finds lung infection in 500-year-old mummy (2:46)
Aug. 10 - A combination of DNA and protein analysis has been used for
the first time to determine the health of a mummified 15-year-old girl
at the time she died. Scientists say that ''La Doncella'' (The Maiden), a
500-year-old Inca mummy, was suffering from a lung infection and
believe the findings demonstrate the enormous potential of the new
method. Tara Cleary reports.
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