The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

An international research team led by the Helmholtz Center for Infection Research (HZI) has discovered a new strategy used by ...

Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.

While other herpes viruses have been seen compacting and reshaping host chromosomes, it was unclear whether it was a side effect of the virus invading and setting up its own viral replication ...

Human DNA in its natural state inside cells (left) compared to eight hours after being infected with HSV-1 (right). The virus compacts the human genome's size significantly and moves it towards ...

Bits of viral genes incorporated into human DNA have been linked to cancer, ALS and schizophrenia. But many of these genes may not be harmful, and could even protect against infectious disease.

It is worth noting that it is possible to redirect integration to portions of the host genome that are poorly expressed, which, when taken with the data on integration into LADs (integration in the ...

Topics Genome Editing News CRISPR’s Tricks: How Cas Enzymes Capture, Trim, and Integrate Foreign DNA New work from Jennifer Doudna’s lab could be useful for CRISPR-based technologies that seek ...

Upon subsequent infection, the bacterium is able to use the spacer to recruit a scissorlike protein called Cas9 that can sever new viral DNA attempting to integrate into the bacterium’s genome.

The SARS-CoV-2 virus and the illness it causes, COVID-19, have made an indelible mark on our lives. It seems that is also true in more ways than one; new research has shown that when the virus infects ...

Lest we allow the virus to get an edge on us, we need to remain well-informed about the entirety of the viral genome. ORF8, in particular, has proven to be a swiss-army knife of SARS-CoV-2 immune ...