Unrelated virus. (Heather Davies/SPL/Getty Images) Some pieces of our DNA can copy themselves into new locations. Copies derived from one gene active in human brain cells appear to have taken that ...

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Researchers at Cornell University identified the BC200 gene, which originated from a transposon in human DNA. This gene ...

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Scientists have found a human gene lurking in a virus that causes skin infections. It may be using our own DNA to infect us.

Genetics tools have advanced significantly in recent decades, and have allowed scientist to sequence all of the genetic material they find in any sample. That has enabled researchers to discover giant ...

Rising temperatures are quietly reshaping the battle between plants and the viruses that attack them. One of the clearest ...

A study found 55 DNA methylation regions differed in pediatric MS, with Epstein-Barr virus infection emerging as the top-ranked pathway.

When a virus enters a cell, its top priority is to replicate its genome rapidly, creating new viruses to infect elsewhere. The host has the opposite priority: to destroy the virus, ideally before it ...

The abundance of viral DNA was measured in DNA sequenced from blood and saliva samples in biobanks, revealing strong correlations with age, sex and dozens of genetic variants. Genetic analyses ...