Such a great article by Mitch Leslie in @science.org about the potential of inhibiting LINE-1 RT – a genomic, virus-like repetitive element – to address a spectrum of diseases, including ROME’s focus: #neurodegenerative and #autoimmune diseases. www.science.org/content/arti... #darkgenome
Could blocking ‘jumping genes’ help fight disease and aging?
The first clinical trials are testing inhibitors of transposons, DNA sequences that hop around the genome on their own
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