Viruses such as HIV that insert themselves into host chromosomes, called retroviruses, were discovered at UW-Madison in the 1970s.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

Do you mean immunodifficieny viruses or retroviruses?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evolution and the origins of HIV - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

HIV belongs to a subset of viruses called retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why did so many wealthy celebrities die of HIV/AIDS virus infections?] Reference

Wolfe is interested in the process whereby retroviruses e.g.    From Wordnik.com.  [In Britain, police target 200 children as potential terrorists.] Reference

The generally used viruses are retroviruses and adenoviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gene Therapy Novel Therapeutic Branch of Modern Medicine] Reference

WOLFE: This monkey, potentially, is infected with retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2009] Reference

So the viruses that are retroviruses like HIV, malaria parasites.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 3, 2009] Reference

The damaged remnants of retroviruses make up about 8% of the human genome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Informed Reader] Reference

Interestingly, retroviruses bear a distinct resemblance to retrotransposons.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Interview with Greg Bear for Darwin's Children] Reference

We also know the nature of these kinds of viruses, which we call retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Dec 1, 2006] Reference

Chermann was studying the relationship between retroviruses and cancers in mice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Françoise Barré-Sinoussi - Autobiography] Reference

Though animals carry myriad retroviruses, only a handful have turned up in humans.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Clue To Chronic Fatigue] Reference

The latter mastered particularly the detection of retroviruses by their RT activity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luc Montagnier - Autobiography] Reference

Scientists are gaining these insights by reconstructing extinct forms of retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Informed Reader] Reference

Plust 8% of the human genome is defective retroviruses left over from ancient battles.    From Wordnik.com.  [So Much Junk in the Genome... and the Press - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

The discovery of oncogenes was as mentioned originally made by the use of retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1989 - Press Release] Reference

This has been sufficient to show the role retroviruses have played in human development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Informed Reader] Reference

The majority of oncogenes have been discovered in experimental studies using retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1989 - Press Release] Reference

ARVs are substances used to kill or inhibit the multiplication of retroviruses such as HIV.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Although HIV and the newly identified virus group are different, they are both retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [New Hope in Fatigue Fight] Reference

A substantial amount of the human genome is composed of human endogenous retroviruses HERVs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncommon Despair - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

At the time, the replication of retroviruses was one of the great puzzles of animal virology.    From Wordnik.com.  [J. Michael Bishop - Autobiography] Reference

But not always: Some retrovirus proteins can help fight off infection with other retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

Taking advantage of these two advances, we started a search for retroviruses in human cancers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luc Montagnier - Autobiography] Reference

There are many ways in which a genetic message can be changed from transcription errors to retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

And it is true that the human genome harbors sleeping viruses — known as human endogenous retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [IF EMBRYOS COULD TALK ABOUT INTERSPECIES SOMATIC CELL NUCLEAR TRANSFER] Reference

Some virologists worried that retroviruses in the pigs could be transmitted to people via the transplants.    From Wordnik.com.  [From Satellites To Pharmaceuticals] Reference

Speaking of ID predictions, a nontrivial amount of the human genome is composed of defective retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncommon Despair - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

Lots of good posts, including one on endogenous retroviruses that may be of particular interest to the group here.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Panda's Thumb: May 2006 Archives] Reference

PS Wonder what the DI explanation is for the very ancient 8% defective retroviruses that make up the human genome?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Another unintelligent move - The Panda's Thumb] Reference

The direct observation of retroviruses and the nested hierarchy of endogenous retroviruses are very strong evidence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Beckwith on ID] Reference

All viruses hijack host cell machinery to replicate themselves, but retroviruses are a little more invasive than most.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resurrecting Ancient Viruses | Impact Lab] Reference

Scientists can separate out the viral DNA from the human, and use it to learn how to better fight modern retroviruses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Resurrecting Ancient Viruses | Impact Lab] Reference

But the process involved inserting genes into cells using retroviruses, which raised the risk the cells could cause cancer.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientists overcome hurdles to stem cell alternatives] Reference

Instead, retroviruses insert DNA sequences and rearrange the genome, which leads to changes in gene regulation and expression.    From Wordnik.com.  [Approaching Difference, Not Likeness] Reference

Nature, provide the first evidence that RNA viruses other than retroviruses (such as HIV) can stably integrate genes into host DNA.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wired Top Stories] Reference

Previous tests using retroviruses showed that only one in 1,000 adult cells got reprogrammed and turned into an embryonic-like cell.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientists Find Safer Way] Reference

What HIV teaches us about retroviruses, and about the necessity of education and basic health care for all, could turn out to be valuable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aids The Next Ten Years] Reference