How rogue jumping genes can spur Alzheimer’s, ALS https://www.tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld/report/062925_rogue_genes/how-rogue-jumping-genes-can-spur-alzheimers-als/
Scientists are pursuing the possibility that some reawakened retrotransposons - descendants of viral infections often from millions of years ago - may do serious damage: They can degrade nerve cells and fire up inflammation and may underlie some instances of Alzheimer’s and ALS.
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