Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute Oct 16 2024 A critical transition in early human development is regulated not by our own genes, but by DNA elements called transposons that can move around the genome, Sinai Health researchers have found. This remarkable discovery challenges our previous understanding of these elusive DNA segments, shedding new light on the roles they play in human development and disease. "People tend to think of transposons as akin to viruses where they hijack our cells

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