Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are remnants of ancient viral infections that have integrated ... indicating that these elements may play roles in normal physiological processes[4].

Scientists have uncovered a link between ancient viral elements embedded in human DNA ... remnants of ancient retroviruses, called human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs), which make up about ...

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.

Current research suggests that viral hitchhikers in human DNA may play roles in cancer, inflammation, and neurodegenerative disorders. The mechanisms that underpin these connections between human ...

Over half of our genomes consists of thousands of remnants of ancient viral DNA, known as transposable elements, which are widespread across the tree of life. Once dismissed as the 'dark side' of ...