A surprising research has come to light recently. For the world of cellular and molecular medicine, this news is like a new miracle. A recent research has proved that some DNA structures are very unstable or temporary. Their stability is less than that of the experts, as far as they considered its unstability time.
According to experts, about half of our genome is made up of retro-viruses. These are all DNA elements and can damage our cells. Heterochromatin keeps those retro-viruses inside very deep so that they do not cause any harm to our cells and keep our body cells harmless.
According to Keith Magart, Associate Professor in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, US, we have always cared about heterochromatin and studied it because without heterochromatin our body would open itself to all kinds of diseases and we would not survive any disease Will get Keith has been doing research on heterochromatin for the last 25 years and now his focus is on the study of Drosophila – the fruit fly.
The stability of heterochromatin is very important to protect our body cells from retro viruses. Experts associated with this field, including Keith, had experienced in research about 5 years ago that it was not as stable as they thought. Keith says that at the time we originally thought it was very stable and once manufactured on these toxic toxins, closes them and we are free from their danger. But now this theory has changed with this research.
