Genes are not passed on exclusively from parents to their offspring. Some are mobile and can also jump to other species, as researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen ...

Gastric cancer (GC) is a lethal malignancy with worldwide occurrence, and is considered endemic in eastern Asian, eastern European and South American countries. Indeed, in my home country, Chile, GC ...

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.

The research, published today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation (JCI), led by Helena Reyes-Gopar, PhD, an investigator ...

Transposons, DNA sequences that can self-replicate and move (jump) throughout the genome, are widespread and can affect cell survival if left unchecked. Cells control these "jumping genes" by ...

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. For the ...

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.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scientists mapping the sloth genome found long-conserved "jumping genes" tied to mitochondria and the animal's ultra-slow ...

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The humble Y chromosome may be the smallest chromosome in the mammalian genome (and getting even smaller), but it is mighty: genes on the Y chromosome are critical for fertility in males. In a new ...