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Stem-cell models provide evidence that viral DNA sequences that entered the human genome in the past were repurposed to aid early stages of embryonic development. Sherif Khodeer is in the Department ...

They discovered that a gene called VGLL1 (vestigial like family member 1) was turned on very early during placenta formation. It was key to the process of turning pluripotent stem cells into various ...

A new study from the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, UK reveals how ancient viral DNA once written off as ...