DNA From a Human Brain Gene Has Turned Up In a Virus
Science Alert · 7 Oct 2026

DNA From a Human Brain Gene Has Turned Up In a Virus

Some pieces of our DNA can copy themselves into new locations. Copies derived from one gene active in human brain cells appear to have taken that journey further: into a virus. Researchers found two such sequences, derived from a gene called BC200, inside molluscum contagiosum virus, which infects o


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