For decades, scientists dismissed transposable elements, also known as transposons or “jumping genes”, as useless “junk DNA”. But are they really? The early speculations of both McClintock ...

Transposable elements, or "jumping genes", were first identified by Barbara McClintock more than 50 years ago. Why are transposons so common in eukaryotes, and exactly what do they do? In addition ...

Even treated with the most advanced therapies, patients with glioblastoma—an aggressive brain cancer—typically survive less ...

In a cell-based study, researchers have forced glioblastoma cells to display immune system targets, making them visible to ...

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.

Researchers developed MethylGPT, a powerful transformer-based model that identifies DNA methylation patterns, enabling ...

Pioneering research has unlocked new understanding of the genetic intricacies within the octoploid strawberry, focusing on ...

The researchers focused on the transposable elements known as LINE-1, for long interspersed nuclear element-1. Unlike our own genes, which compose less than 2% of our genome, the LINE-1 elements ...

Additionally, the genome can comprise nonchromosomal genetic elements such as viruses, plasmids, and transposable elements. When people say that the genome of a sexually reproducing species has ...

引言转座元件是广泛存在的遗传单位，这些单位在整个进化过程中对原核生物和真核生物的基因组多样性起着关键作用【1,2】。转座元件对人类发育至关重要，在多能性和胚胎发生中发挥着重要功能。此外，转座元件序列也与人类病理学密切相关，特别是在癌症方面，其作为顺式 ...

Bonocora hopes the knowledge from the STAR course will help him and others in the RPI community to join the ranks of the ...