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Abbie Smith is a graduate student studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of HIV within patients and within populations. She also studies epigenetic control of ERVs.

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HERVs and disease and junk DNA

Category: Creationism

I love junk DNA. Well, thats an understatement-- I mean I love is SO MUCH I created a blog dedicated to a particular form of junk DNA, endogenous retroviruses. I love how we can learn fantastic things about organisms (and...

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HERVs and HIV-1

Category: ERVs

Maybe retroviruses that inserted into our genome, by accident, tens of thousands of years ago, can help us deal with modern diseases! ... Or they might be an artifact of the disease. Too little too late to be of any use to us. LOL! We wont know until we look!!

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PERVs not a risk, manimals imminent

Category: ERVs

Pigs-- Providing bacon AND treatments for diabetes, Parkinsons, corneas, blood transfusions, and possibly much much more!

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Barnyard Week: BoERVs in Big Bos Taurus

Category: ERVs

Knock! Knock! Whos there? Interrupting cow! Interrupti-MOOOOOOOOOOO!

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Barnyard Week: We really dont need to worry about PERVs

Category: ERVs

I LOVE talking about PERVs on ERV. PERVs. PERVs. EVEN MOAR PERVs. I LOVE PERVs! Well... PERVs as in Piggie Porcine Endogenous Retroviruses. Not pervs as in Catholic Priests and Teh Popes advisers. Thats a different story. Because the need...

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Barnyard Week: White Chickens are ERV mutants

Category: ERVs

So I got the idea to do this after stumbling across a bunch of viral/farmyard stories this week. I know its currently Tuesday, not Sunday, so, SURPRISE!!! BARNYARD WEEK! If you ERV readers are anything like me, you have spent...

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CfERVs? I think you mean GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRVs!

Category: ERVs

Analysis of ERVs in teh PUPPAHS! GRRRRRRRRRRVs!

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HERV vs HIV

Category: HIV/AIDS

How do you fight an ever-changing retrovirus? With a retrovirus that cannot change.

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ERVs and ALS

Category: ERVs

Sing the chorus with me folks! "This is why we want Junk DNA to be Junk!"

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ERV Starship

Category: ERVs

We built this genome (do-do-doo) We built this genome on viral guuuuts... GUUUUUUUTS!

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