An international team of scientists a family genome sequences known as “transposable elements,” and found they play a vital role in gene expression.

The non-coding genome, once dismissed as "junk DNA", is now recognized as a fundamental regulator of gene expression and a ...

Once dismissed as “junk” DNA, ancient viruses embedded in the human genome play a key role in early human development, ...

Lund University scientists report that repetitive DNA once dismissed as “junk” plays an active role in human brain ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as "junk" and considered to serve no real purpose. In a new study ...

For decades, large stretches of human DNA were dismissed as “junk,” thought to serve no real purpose. In a new study in Cell ...

Researchers have now discovered that HAR123, a regulatory gene sequence, is an important factor in human brain development.

The record-breaking crystal will act as a DNA time capsule that could be used to bring back humanity after our extinction, ...

The non-coding genome, once dismissed as "junk DNA", is now recognized as a fundamental regulator of gene expression and a ...

Thousands of previously “invisible” microproteins—tiny chains of fewer than 100 amino acids—can profoundly change human ...

Scientists are seeking to decipher the role of non-coding DNA in the human genome, helped by a suite of ...