Ancient viral DNA activates blood cell production during pregnancy and after significant bleeding, researchers discover

Ancient viral remnants in the human genome are activated during pregnancy and after significant bleeding in order to increase blood cell production, an important step toward defining the purpose of “junk DNA” in humans, according to research from Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) published in Science.

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