A 100-Million-Year-Old Virus Lives In Our Bodies?
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A 100-Million-Year-Old Virus Lives In Our Bodies?
"Researchers at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens have discovered that a retrovirus that infected our ancestors 100 million years ago became a human gene over time and may be behind health issues."
Read more on the original article here: https://interestingengineering.com/researchers-discover-that-a-100-million-year-old-virus-lives-in-our-bodies
Read the study directly on: http://www.cell.com/trends/microbiology/fulltext/S0966-842X(17)30207-X