An Ancient Battle Is Playing Out in the DNA of Every Embryo

Millions of years ago, retroviruses invaded the human genome. Today some of these viral remnants threaten the developing embryo while others fight to defend it. Read this story here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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