Some of the different types of host organisms that viruses can infect. Transmission is the passing of a virus from one host to another. The mechanism by which a virus is transmitted depends on ...

Overlapping genes are a fascinating aspect of viral genomes, where two or more genes ... Antisense Overlap: A type of gene overlap where one gene is encoded on the opposite strand of DNA from ...

Scientists first aim to design genomes with minimal changes compared to the wild type to minimize the risk of failure ... scientists employ this strategy to develop small sized and compact synthetic ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands ... can differentiate into all body cell types. By understanding how these cells regulate ancient viral elements, we gain crucial insights into ...

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable ... each species studied expresses distinct types of these elements. Read the full story ...

More than half of the mammalian genome consists of remnants of ancient viral DNA known as ‘transposable elements’ ─ sequences ...