CSIRO scientists helped develop this insect-resistant cotton variety, using a gene derived from a soil bacteria, Bacillus ...

A new study proves that a type of genetic element called 'introners' is the mechanism by which many introns spread within and ...

A new study from the University of California, Santa Cruz reveals that 'introners' are responsible for the spread of introns ...

In healthy cells, transposable elements (TEs) are typically inactivated by methylation. But in cancer cells, these elements can become demethylated, enabling them to be expressed (1). Some ...

Dr. Cheng hypothesized that latent HSV-1 infections could trigger Alzheimer's disease by directly activating the transposable elements the Cheng Lab had previously connected to disease progression ...

Heterochromatin contains tens of thousands of units of dangerous DNA, known as transposable elements (TEs). In normal cells, TEs remain silently buried in heterochromatin, but under many ...

Regarded historically as genomic parasites, transposable elements (TEs) have now been recognized as significant contributors to cellular identity and function, especially in immune regulation.

Study uncovers how transposable elements in Alzheimer's-affected brains could hold the key to new therapeutic approaches, as scientists uncover the genetic links behind these molecular disruptions.

In particular, over the past decade or so, researchers such as Chiappinelli have been amassing a body of evidence that these elements can both help and hinder the growth of cancer. Studies show that ...

Specifically, higher heat makes more of the fungus’ transposable elements, or jumping genes, get up and move around within the fungal DNA, leading to changes in the way its genes are used and ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Human herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) may contribute to Alzheimer's disease by activating transposable elements in the brain, disrupting genetic processes, and ...