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  • More Ancient Viruses Lurk In Our DNA Than We Thought

    03/28/2016 6:19:00 AM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 27 replies
    University of Michigan ^ | March 22, 2016 | Kara Gavin
    One whole endogenous retrovirus genome -- and bits of 17 others -- were spotted in a study of 2,500 human genomes... Nineteen new pieces of DNA -- left by viruses that first infected our ancestors hundreds of thousands of years ago -- have just been found, lurking between our own genes. And one stretch of newfound DNA, found in about 50 of the 2,500 people studied, contains an intact, full genetic recipe for an entire virus, say the scientists who published their findings today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Whether or not it can replicate, or...
  • Ancient human virus resurrected

    11/01/2006 9:47:01 PM PST · by neverdem · 84 replies · 1,752+ views
    news@nature.com ^ | 31 October 2006 | Helen Pearson
    Close window Published online: 31 October 2006; | doi:10.1038/news061030-4 Ancient human virus resurrectedVirus from distant past may throw light on role of retroviruses in cancer.Helen Pearson Retroviruses, of which HIV is a modern example, infiltrated our genome long ago. RUSSELL KIGHTLEY / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Researchers in France have recreated a 5-million-year-old virus whose remains are now found littered across the human genome. The ancient virus could help us to understand how these genetic remnants contribute to cancer. The virus is of a type called a retrovirus, which can insert copies of its genetic material into our own DNA....