Ancient Virus Lurking in Our DNA May Be Cause of Lou Gehrig Disease – IOTW Report

Ancient Virus Lurking in Our DNA May Be Cause of Lou Gehrig Disease

HIV researchers have noticed some AIDS patients developed ALS like symptoms and found that some ALS patients improved when treated with HIV drugs.

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They think the link is an ancient virus, called HERV-K, that incorporated itself into our genetic code millions of years ago and in some rare cases today the virus reactivates to cause Lou Gehrig disease.

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