While they've played a role in human evolution, they can also cause problems like cancer, brain disorders, and even aging.

Birmingham scientists have identified an essential genetic code for a method called plasmid curing, which aims to "displace" ...

The genome incorporation mechanism for LINE-1, the only autonomously active retrotransposon in humans, leverages the cell ...

Viruses are known to use the genetic machinery of the human cells they invade to make copies of themselves. As part of the process, viruses leave behind remnants throughout the genetic material ...

The only remaining autonomous 'jumping gene' can only attach to, and stitch a copy of itself into, DNA when it builds up into large clusters and only as cells divide.

A type of virus thought to be a ‘mere curiosity’ is plentiful in one common bacteria, and possibly others, a Monash ...

Researchers at Dana-Farber found that in clear cell renal cell carcinoma, a common form of kidney cancer, dormant viral genes embedded in human DNA can be reactivated due ... renal cell cancer cells – ...

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The findings overturn the long-held idea that most types of RNA viruses are incapable of DNA integration and raise another safety concern in the use of RNA-based gene therapy. "It's a very interesting ...

Shandong Key Laboratory of Healthy Food Resources Exploration and Creation, School of Food Sciences and Engineering, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250353, China ...