#Sperm discovery reveals clue to genetic ‘immortality’
“#Sperm discovery reveals clue to genetic ‘immortality’” Machinery of the jumping gene LINE1 (red) mounting an attack on the DNA (blue) of germ cells Credit: Professor Dónal O’Carroll New insights into an elusive process that protects developing sperm cells from damage in growing embryos, sheds light on how genetic information passes down, uninterrupted, through generations….