A while back I blogged about the tens of thousands of viruses we carry in our genomes. In today's New York Times I write about how scientists reconstructed a working ancestral virus from its disabled descendants: Old Viruses Resurrected Through DNA. Here's the original paper.
Unleashing Your Inner Virus
Scientists have reconstructed an ancestral virus from disabled descendants, unveiling secrets of old viruses through DNA.
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