Seems par for the course since our adaptive immune system is based on an old viral/transposon recombinase.
Transposon Molecular Domestication and the Evolution of the RAG Recombinase
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6494689/
Here is the actual study:
Escape of the BC200 gene to a human poxvirus reveals its persistent transposition in primates
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeh3441
This brings a whole new meaning to sores. Has this infection been previously identified? Edit: Yes https://www.cdc.gov/molluscum-contagiosum/about/index.html
I guess it just hadn't been linked to human genes before.
This must be microbe awareness day.
Earlier iirc someone posted
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cancer-infections-9.7361622
Can't read through the paywall
Ah yes, the NYT paywall.
Here you go everyone: https://archive.ph/PpKtR
Can we please start banning articles with paywalls from being posted at all?
If I cannot read without a subscription (or a damn paywall removed), it shouldn’t be posted here. This is tantamount to posting an ad for an NYT sub.
There was no theft involved. "Genes" are not "owned".
Seems par for the course since our adaptive immune system is based on an old viral/transposon recombinase.
Transposon Molecular Domestication and the Evolution of the RAG Recombinase
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6494689/
Here is the actual study:
Escape of the BC200 gene to a human poxvirus reveals its persistent transposition in primates
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.aeh3441
This brings a whole new meaning to sores. Has this infection been previously identified? Edit: Yes https://www.cdc.gov/molluscum-contagiosum/about/index.html
I guess it just hadn't been linked to human genes before.
This must be microbe awareness day.
Earlier iirc someone posted
https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/cancer-infections-9.7361622
Can't read through the paywall
Ah yes, the NYT paywall.
Here you go everyone: https://archive.ph/PpKtR
Can we please start banning articles with paywalls from being posted at all?
If I cannot read without a subscription (or a damn paywall removed), it shouldn’t be posted here. This is tantamount to posting an ad for an NYT sub.
There was no theft involved. "Genes" are not "owned".