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Published online 31 October 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061030-4
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Ancient human virus resurrected
Virus from distant past may throw light on role of retroviruses in cancer.
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.
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