Virus Weaves Itself Into The DNA Transferred From Parents To Babies
Wednesday, September 3, 2008 - 09:21
in Biology & Nature
New research shows that some parents pass on the human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6) to their children because it is integrated into their chromosomes. This is the first time a virus has been shown to become part of the human DNA and then get passed to subsequent generations.