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Anti-ERV as anti-Multiple Sclerosis… Is this a good idea?

I have written quite a bit about the connection between wayward expression of an ERV, and Multiple Sclerosis. ERVs and Multiple Sclerosis ERVs and Multiple Sclerosis, #2 ERVs and Multiple Sclerosis, #3...

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ERVs, from three perspectives

I love viruses, and I love ERVs, but I am not the only one Here are some links to pieces people have written about these lovely pirates, from three different perspectives. 1– Nicholas Covington at...

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Neanderthal and Denisovan retroviruses in YOU!

Well, some of you! And maybe me! Last year, scientists combed through Neanderthal and Denisovian DNA sequences (yeah, those exist!) and found fourteen ERVs that were in Neanderthals and/or Denisovians,...

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Oh dear this is a mess: ERVs and Multiple Sclerosis #5

Okay, I have written a LOT about the connection between wayward ERV activity and Multiple Sclerosis. This is something scientists have been investigating for a long time… but we still do not know...

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An 81 million year herpes infection: First endogenous herpes virus found!

1– Herpes viruses are old. They are ooooooold. Like, hundreds of millions of years old. Specifically, about 400 million years old. 2– Herpes viruses are everywhere. Fish, reptiles, birds, cows, humans,...

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ERVs vs HIV– Maybe a bad idea

For quite a while, now, there has been a connection between Endogenous Retroviruses and HIV. For some unknown reason, some of the young ERVs in humans, the ones that can still code for a protein here...

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Creationists and Ebola

The title of this article by Answers In Genesis is a good question: Where Did Ebola Come From? *shrug* Look, I love making fun of Creationists, but this is a great question! Ebola is not ‘supposed’ to...

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‘HIV infection en route to endogenization: two cases’ *facepalm*

For some reason, pop news became enamored with this paper last month (unfortunately while I was away at a conference): HIV infection en route to endogenization: two cases Inexplicable media frenzy–...

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Opposite Day: When the data in an ERV paper says the opposite of what the...

A paper was recently brought to my attention via a Creationist. It was the usual ‘HAHAHA! Oh you silly Creationist! This paper says the opposite of what you think it says!’, and I was going to write a...

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ERVs and ALS #2

Theyre figuring out what the heck is going on in the saga of ERVs and ALS! 2011: ERVs and ALS 2015: Human endogenous retrovirus-K contributes to motor neuron disease 1– Of the many ERVs in your genome,...

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