A new study has found that remnants of ancient viruses that remain in human DNA can help people fight lung cancer.
Scientists found that these endogenous retroviruses are dormant in most people but can be awoken in cancer tissue.
In both mice and human tissue, scientists discovered that when these cells are activated, they can elicit an immune response from B cells, which are white blood cells that create illness-busting antibodies.
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