Endogenous retroviruses

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Age-induced unsealing of the "Pandora's box": resurrection of endogenous retroviruses

Human evolution is like a tightrope walker with viruses – in a delicate balance. Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs), once part of ancient retroviral infections, are now permanently fixed in our genome. Most of them, including human ERVs (HERVs), like landmines buried in the past, accumulate mutations... click to read more

xiaoqian liu | Assistant Research Fellow at Institute of Zoology

Jie Ren | Principal Investigator at

Guang-Hui Liu | Professor at

epigenetics

aging

Endogenous retroviruses

Intervention

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published on Sep 20, 2023

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