Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus Findings from ancient DNA may shed light on HPV’s history in our species

Two ancient humans, including famed ‘Iceman,’ had cancer-causing virus
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Our latest study uncovers a viral domestication event from ~75 million years ago, where viral genes enable parasitoid wasps to protect their eggs they lay within dipteran hosts!

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