{
  "id": 8038409,
  "title": "An ancestral mitochondrial DNA insertion disrupts RNAi and enables persistence of a novel mycovirus in Cryptococcus neoformans",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/an-ancestral-mitochondrial-dna-insertion-disrupts-rnai-and-enables",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "bioRxiv",
    "slug": "biorxiv",
    "url": "https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.09.15.751489v1?rss=1"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "RNA interference (RNAi) is a widely conserved genome-defense mechanism that protects eukaryotes against viruses and transposable elements. We previously showed that RNAi loss can lead to hypermutation and antifungal drug resistance in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, illuminating the potential clinical relevance of this pathway. In this study, we identified another function of…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}