Junk DNA Can Revive and Cause Disease, Study Finds - NYTimes.com

Junk DNA Can Revive and Cause Disease, Study Finds - NYTimes.com: "Some of those genes, surprised geneticists reported Thursday, can rise from the dead like zombies, waking up to cause one of the most common forms of muscular dystrophy. This is the first time, geneticists say, that they have seen a dead gene come back to life and cause a disease."