Sentences with phrase «of ancient viruses»

Called human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs), the vast majority of these ancient viruses are no longer functional.

«Scientists uncover history of ancient viruses as far back as 30 million years ago.»

Remnants of ancient viruses, which make up about 8 percent of the human genome, are not just silent hitchhikers.

DNA of ancient viruses spotted in the Neanderthal genome has been identified in humans.

They resemble remnants of ancient viruses that have inserted themselves into their host DNA.

THE DNA of ancient viruses first spotted in the Neanderthal genome has been identified in modern humans.

Our DNA is littered with the absorbed remnants of ancient viruses, which normally are considered little more than genomic junk.

Q: In Darwin's Radio, you wrote about the evolution of a new human species that is triggered by an HERV, or Human Endogenous Retrovirus — which, if I understand correctly, is a kind of ancient virus that has entered into human DNA and persisted there in a dormant state for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years.

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Although sacred nature has an ancient history, its recent manifestations are virtually concurrent with the industrial revolution, with this distinctively modern twist: that man is a kind of plague upon or virus within nature.

Viruses also appear to be extremely ancient, may have been involved in the origin of life and have probably been involved in major evolutionary transitions on Earth.

Researchers have identified the evolutionary origins of human herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 and -2, reporting that the former infected hominids before their evolutionary split from chimpanzees 6 million years ago while the latter jumped from ancient chimpanzees to ancestors of modern humans — Homo erectus — approximately 1.6 million years ago.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified the evolutionary origins of human herpes simplex virus (HSV)-1 and -2, reporting that the former infected hominids before their evolutionary split from chimpanzees 6 million years ago while the latter jumped from ancient chimpanzees to ancestors of modern humans — Homo erectus — approximately 1.6 million years ago.

Next time you catch a cold, consider this as your sinuses clog and your eyes burn: the viruses now tormenting you may be living fossils that carry molecular remnants of some of the most ancient life forms on the planet.

The study, «VlincRNAs controlled by retroviral elements are a hallmark of pluripotency and cancer» found that novel non-coding parts of the human genome known as vlincRNAs (very long intergenic, non-coding RNAs) triggered by ancient viruses, participate in the biology of stem cells, and in the development of cancer.

«Researchers resurrect ancient viruses in hopes of improving gene therapy.»

Mimi, it turns out, belongs to its own distinct and extremely ancient lineage of large DNA viruses.

Now, using a novel technique based on analyzing ancient proteins, archaeologists have reconstructed the contents of these vessels to conclude that the individual likely died from Crimean - Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV), a severe tick - borne disease that still kills people across the world today.

GENES from ancient viruses may be an essential component of mammalian reproduction, helping the placenta to establish itself in the womb, suggest biologists in California.

«Recovering nucleic acids from ancient viruses is extremely difficult and plagued by contamination,» notes Angelique Corthals, a forensic anthropologist at the City University of New York in New York City, who was not involved in the study.

For example, the ancient gene for HLA - A, which helps the body resist viruses like Epstein - Barr, is present in half of all modern Europeans, more than 70 percent of Asians, and up to 95 percent of people in Papua New Guinea.

At the heart of the peptide - RNA theory are enzymes so ancient and important that their remnants are still found in all living cells and even in some sub-cellular structures, including mitochondria and viruses.

She and her colleagues found a slew of proteins and DNA snippets from bacteria, viruses and fungi, including dozens of oral pathogens, as well as the full genetic blueprint of an ancient strain of Tannerella forsythia, which still infects people's gums today.

The distribution of ERV - Fc among these ancient mammals suggests the viruses spread to every continent except Antarctica and Australia, and that they jumped from one species to another more than 20 times.

The distribution of a virus studied among ancient mammals suggests the viruses spread to every continent except Antarctica and Australia, and that they jumped from one species to another more than 20 times.

One posits that giant viruses evolved from an ancient cell, perhaps one from an extinct fourth domain of cellular life.

An ancient virus that likely infected one of our primate ancestors 50 million years ago may contribute to the nervous system damage that causes multiple sclerosis (MS).

Coffin says the discovery of NIRVs in mammals establishes that these and other RNA viruses are ancient.

Its targets, fortunately, are amoebae, but the researchers suggest that as Earth's ice melts, this could trigger the return of other ancient viruses, with potential risks for human health.

These ancient virus - like genes begin to leapfrog around the egg's DNA, thereby producing new mutations, just as transposon movement causes color mutations in ears of corn.

Tracing the ancient origin of retroviruses - the family of viruses that includes HIV - is a big undertaking, partly because of the absence of fossils.

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As fermented foods expert Sally Fallon asks in Nourishing Traditions, with the proliferation of all these new mysterious viruses, intestinal parasites and chronic health problems, despite ubiquitous sanitation, «Could it be that by abandoning the ancient practice of pasteurisation, and insisting on a diet in which everything has been micro-organisms have compromised the health of our intestinal flora and made ourselves vulnerable to legions of pathogenic microorganisms?»

The Strain centers on a team of scientists who wage war against an ancient strain of virus that confers vampirism, along with those it infects.

In reality these dogs are very sick animals, victims of an ancient and vicious virus, designed to make sure it's spread via the saliva first, before killing the host.

Uncover the mysteries of the ancient past, find the connection between a prehistoric virus, the melting ice caps, and a present - day epidemic that is exterminating humankind.

An ancient sniping legend, The End was infected with a type of virus that enabled him to snipe like nothing anyone had ever seen (mostly because snipers tend to wear camouflaged).

And frost, produced by ancient fridge motors, enveloping sheets of metal like a virus, evokes the whiteness of Venetian marble reflecting the midday sun.

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