Back in 2008, neurovirologist Renée Douville observed something weird in the brains of people who’d died of the movement disorder ALS: virus proteins. But these people hadn’t caught any known virus.

Adverse genetic mutations can cause harm and are due to various circumstances. 'Jumping genes' are one cause of mutations, but cells try and combat them with a specialized RNA called piRNA.

Polar bears are rapidly undergoing “fundamental genetic changes” in a desperate attempt to adapt to the climate crisis. Human-caused climate change is warming the Arctic at an accelerated rate, two to ...

DNA that humans acquired from ancient viruses plays a key role in switching parts of our genetic code on and off, a new study has found. Nearly half of the human genome consists of segments called ...

Research performed in the Center for Biomolecular Science & Engineering (CBSE) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, suggests that mobile repetitive elements–also known as transposons or ...

This artwork, inspired by a Chinese proverb, was commissioned to emphasize the importance of precise targeting and symbolizes the way jumping genes are silenced by piRNA. Adverse genetic mutations can ...