science is ruining our relationship with our dna

There Are Zombies Living in Our DNA

As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about, scientists have discovered that one form of muscular dystrophy occurs when ancient, dormant genes within our DNA “rise from the dead like zombies.” “This is the first time, geneticists say, that they have seen a dead gene come back to life and cause a disease,” the Times reports. We give up. [NYT]

There Are Zombies Living in Our DNA