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Researchers find many tumor-specific antigens form when cancer genes and transposable elements link up.

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Genome Spotlight: C-fern (Ceratopteris richardii)

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Jumping Genes Can Cause Movement Disorder: Study

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Infographic: Possible Mechanisms of Gene Transfer in Eukaryotes

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Slideshow: Examples of Eukaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer

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Horizontal Gene Transfer Happens More Often Than Anyone Thought

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Bacterial Enzyme Keeps Rotifers’ Transposable Elements in Check

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Adapting with a Little Help from Jumping Genes

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Infographic: How Transposable Elements Can Shape Evolution

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Our Favorite Cancer Stories of 2021

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Blind Mole Rats Use Junk DNA to Combat Cancer

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DNA in Cell Cytoplasm Implicated in Age-Related Blindness

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Alu Leap May Explain Why Apes Don’t Have Tails

Male Flies’ Y Chromosome May Contribute to Earlier Deaths

Transposons Identified as Likely Cause of Undiagnosed Diseases

Taming the Transposon Hordes

Jumping Genes Inactivated with CRISPR in Pigs

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RNA Pathway Helps Keep Flies Alive

Gene Behind Black Peppered Moth’s Color Change Identified

Tethering Transposons

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Penguins Are Among the World’s Slowest-Evolving Birds: Study

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Universe 25 Experiment

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Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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An AI-Powered Scientist Proposes a Treatment for Blindness

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Rare Disease Research Gets a Boost from Automated NGS Solutions

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June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Streamlining Microbial Quality Control Testing

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