The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...

Most often we think about cancer as developing from cells that acquire cancer-driving mutations, but there’s a subset of cancers driven by another culprit: viruses. To date, “seven human viruses have ...

Ancient viruses left a legacy in your DNA. And it turns out, that legacy may be helping shape who you are. A recent international study has shown that certain bits of ancient viral DNA, long dismissed ...

In a recent study published in Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, Powell and his colleagues identified two specific HERV expression signatures associated with disease: downregulation of HERVs located on ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Around 8% of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient ...

Overview of the tobacco rattle virus-mediated genome editing system in tobacco plants. A 20-nucleotide target sequence is cloned before the sgRNA scaffold under the PEBV promoter in the pTRV2-PEBV ...

Atomic force microscopy images show hepatitis B DNA in its natural state (left) and a zoomed-in look at how it wraps around human histones during an infection (right). Disrupting this process in an ...

Impact Respiratory RNA Virus Diseases' and the rapidly evolving subject area, we are pleased to launch Volume II for this topic.The threat posed by avian influenza to humans today, the possibility of ...

Gene therapy holds the promise of preventing and curing disease by manipulating gene expression within a patient's cells.