New research suggests that transposable elements—or so-called “jumping genes”—may help scientists identify tumor-targeting proteins. The study, published Monday (March 27) in Nature Genetics, suggests ...

New research suggests that transposable elements in various cancers potentially may be used to direct novel immunotherapies to tumors that don't typically respond to immune-based treatments. Jumping ...

New research from scientists at Cleveland Clinic’s Genome Center and their collaborators at other institutions describes a pathway that human herpes simplex-1 (HSV-1) can use to contribute to the ...

Researchers identify possible new antigens by studying jumping genes, which could be used to direct novel immunotherapies. Immunotherapy is an effective approach to fighting tumors with multiple ...

Scientists are beginning to reveal the secrets of the long, repetitive sequences in the human genome that were once written off as 'junk' DNA. In recent years, some junk DNA has been shown to have ...

Researchers from UNSW Sydney have discovered that a particular transposable element, or jumping gene, in the genome has a profound effect on the immune response to virus infection. The findings in ...

Most lethal mutations in wild fruit flies are driven by newly transferred jumping genes, not small DNA errors, according to a new study from Duke University. The findings, published in PLOS Biology, ...

The discovery in maize of jumping genes, also known as transposable elements, revolutionised our perception of genome organisation across kingdoms. Transposable elements are mobile small repetitive ...

T cells mark cancers for destruction by homing in on unique proteins that tumor cells display on their surfaces called tumor-specific antigens, in a process that leaves healthy cells untouched. This ...

Jumping genes are short sections of DNA that have been incorporated randomly into the human genome over the long course of evolution. Also called transposable elements, these pieces of DNA have been ...