Scientists are pursuing the possibility that some reawakened retrotransposons - descendants of viral infections often from millions of years ago - may do serious damage: They can degrade nerve cells ...

There is more movement in our genome than we think. Almost half of the human genome consists of transposons—short DNA ...

LINE-1, a "jumping gene" making up 20% of the genome, invades DNA during cell division using protein-RNA clusters, offering insights into genome evolution and disease. Viruses are masters of hijacking ...

Nearly all these inserted elements have been silenced by our cells' defense mechanisms over time, but a few, nicknamed "jumping genes," can still move around the human genome like viruses. Just ...

我们的基因组中散布着一种名为逆转录转座子的DNA片段，它们可以从一个位置移动到另一个位置。它们大部分时间在沉睡，但当它们被激活时，其中一些会杀死神经元并促进炎症 ——这一发现可能会为神经退行性疾病的治疗带来灵感。

There is more movement in our genome than we think. Almost half of the human genome consists of transposons – short DNA ...

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