The frozen layers of Earth’s permafrost have long been a mystery, hiding secrets from thousands of years ago. Climate change, ...

As global temperatures rise and climate change accelerates glaciers and permafrost are melting at unprecedented rates. While ...

Furthermore, each tissue sample also contained genetic material from at least one provirus that could still produce viral proteins. The fact that thousands of pieces of ancient viruses still exist in ...

Pandemics over the course of evolution have led to the integration of viruses into our genome. Westend61via Getty Images ...

One author (H.C.L.) did all the experiments involving mummy DNA isolation and PCR amplification, handling one sample per day to prevent any cross-contamination between ancient and modern DNA in ...

While retroviruses are often deadly to the cell, retrotransposons themselves are generally not toxic and, in fact, nearly half of mammalian genomes are thought to be derived from ancient ...

He referred to a scientific report published a few years ago, which warned that the melting of ice and permafrost in the tundra could unleash hundreds of ancient viruses, some of which could be ...

A vast search of natural diversity has led scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard ...

Mar. 10, 2025 — In multiple sclerosis (MS), antibodies to the common Epstein-Barr virus can accidentally attack a protein in the brain and spinal cord. New research shows that the combination of ...

"I think this is a real risk because we don't even know what viruses are present. The anthrax incident is just one example, but there could be many more," Chung told the news agency. He referred to a ...