Download or read book Discovering Retroviruses written by Anna Marie Skalka and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2018-10-22 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.