DNA repair mechanisms help explain why naked mole-rats live a long life

Naked mole-rats are one of nature's most extraordinary creatures. These burrowing rodents can live for up to 37 years, around ...
CNN

Ancient viral DNA may play a key role in early human development, new study suggests

The human genome is made up of 23 pairs of chromosomes, the biological blueprints that make humans … well, human. But it turns out that some of our DNA — about 8% — are the remnants of ancient viruses ...
Nature

Targeted genome editing restores auditory function in adult mice with progressive hearing loss caused by a human microRNA mutation

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Popular Mechanics

Scientists Found a Ghost Code Hidden in the Human Genome

Around 45 percent of human DNA is made up of transposable elements, or TEs—genetic leftovers from now-extinct viruses that scientists once believed to be “junk DNA.” But that view is changing, and a ...
Nature

Chromosome-scale genome dynamics reveal signatures of independent haplotype evolution in the ancient asexual mite Platynothrus peltifer

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