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.