Virus DNA first found in Neanderthal genome identified in modern humans

(Phys.org) —An ancient retrovirus that altered the DNA of Neanderthals and Denisovans has now been found to have left alterations in modern human DNA as well—in some cancer patients. The team of researchers from the U.K. that made this startling discovery has written about what they've uncovered in a paper published in the journal Current Biology.

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