Retroviruses are a sub-category of oncoviruses that include the lentiviruses. Retroviruses are negative single-stranded RNA viruses in which tRNA serves as a primer for the mRNA synthesis. The mRNA is ...

“The cells were full of viral [HERVK] protein products, some of which had assembled to form viral-like particles,” coauthor Joanna Wysocka of Stanford University told New Scientist of the ...

To conceptualize this transformation, let's examine the replication of retroviruses, the family of viruses to which HIV belongs. This process very closely mirrors the movement of an important ...

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to new research my colleagues and I recently published.

Genes derived from retroviruses have been "highjacked" for placental development and information storage in the brain. Weng ...

Studies the envelope proteins of viruses, including retroviruses and the Ebola virus. These proteins are responsible for binding and fusing the virus to target cell membranes. Also looking at ways to ...

Biotech firms are engineering smarter, safer gene delivery systems to enhance the safety and efficacy of genetic medicines.

You are more viral than you think. About 8% of your DNA—far more than is used to build proteins—is made of ancient viruses.

How did viruses evolve? Are they a streamlined form of something that existed long ago, or an ultimate culmination of smaller genetic elements joined together?

They graphically represent the life cycle of HIV-1, from the initial binding of the viral particle onto a host cell (Viral Entry), through insinuation into the host cell's nucleus to spark the ...

Surprisingly, part of the answer may lie in endogenous retroviruses (ERVs)—genetic fossils from ancient viral infections that make up approximately 8% of the human genome. What Are ERVs?