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Discovering Retroviruses: Beacons in the Biosphere

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2018
ISBN
9780674988774
DOI
10.4159/9780674988774
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2480068 bytes)
Pages
192\192
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 07:11:54

Description

Eight percent of our DNA contains retroviruses that are millions of years old. Anna Marie Skalka explains how our evolving knowledge of these particles has advanced genetic engineering, gene delivery systems, and precision medicine. Retroviruses cause disease but also hold clues to prevention and treatment possibilities that are anything but retro.

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