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Reverse transcriptase is also used by a unique family of viruses, known as retroviruses, to replicate themselves.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

The company also inactivated retroviruses that pigs carry and could be harmful to humans.

From New York Times • May 12, 2024

"Our findings open up a new avenue of research to explore how retroviruses are more generally involved in directing evolution," says Ghosh.

From Science Daily • Feb. 15, 2024

HERVs, or human endogenous retroviruses, make up around 8% of the human genome, left behind as a result of infections that humanity's primate ancestors suffered millions of years ago.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2022

To convert RNA into DNA, retroviruses contain genes that encode the virus-specific enzyme reverse transcriptase that transcribes an RNA template to DNA.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013