Jumping genes play a big role in what makes us human

PublishedMay 16, 2017

But it seems that everywhere researchers look, jumping genes have left their marks. This article appears in the May 27, 2017, issue of Science News with the headline, “The Difference Makers: Transposons sculpt our genomes, for good or bad.” Citations N.
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Scientists in China are pressing ahead with human gene-editing clinical trials this month. A new human trial began April 28, the Wall Street Journal reported, when an advanced cancer patient was injected with cells that had been genetically modified using …
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