According to scientists, an Ancient dormant virus is a part of your DNA and could become alive again at any moment. After analysing the genome of some 2,500 people, the team from Tufts University School of Medicine found nineteen new pieces of non-human DNA within our genome, taking the total of us which isn't human to a whopping eight percent, which is largely made up of viruses. Some of this newly discovered DNA could have been passed along through humans for as long as 670,000 years, and some of which may influence diseases in our bodies today. However, most startlingly is the fact that the experts have found a piece of viral code which is still completely intact and may spring an ancient virus into life once more. Senior author and virologist John Coffin said: "This one looks like it is capable of making infectious virus, which would be very exciting if true, as it would allow us to study a viral epidemic that took place long ago." The team are now studying whether the code they