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How rogue jumping genes can spur Alzheimer’s, ALS tucsonsentinel.com/nationworld
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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