Discovering Retroviruses : : Beacons in the Biosphere / / Anna Marie Skalka.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Skalka, Anna Marie,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (192 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Introduction --; 1. Early Pioneers --; 2. Amending the Central Dogma --; 3. The Origin of Retroviruses --; 4. Retroviruses and Evolution --; 5. Revealing the Genetic Basis of Cancer --; 6. HIV and the AIDS Pandemic --; Epilogue --; Notes --; Suggested Readings --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674988774; 9783110606621
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674988774
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Anna Marie Skalka.

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.