New research led by King’s College London has found that thousands of DNA sequences originating from ancient viral infections are expressed in the brain, with some contributing to susceptibility for ...

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 ...

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 ...

In 2014, researchers combined DNA barcoding with next-generation sequencing (NGS) to develop the adeno-associated virus (AAV) barcode-seq technology for streamlining AAV screening. Using this method, ...

Genetic modification of viruses has long been used as a strategy to treat and prevent different types of diseases. Specifically, it consists of exploiting certain characteristics of viruses that make ...

In a new study, published in Cell, researchers describe a newfound mechanism for creating proteins in a giant DNA virus, comparable to a mechanism in eukaryotic cells. The finding challenges the dogma ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A team led by Professor Shoichiro Asayama at Tokyo Metropolitan University has synthesized a charge-free molecule designed to ...