Next, the researchers tested the MER11 sequences with a technique known as lentiMPRA (lentiviral massively parallel reporter assay). This method can test thousands of DNA sequences at the same ...

Only 1-2 % of the genome consists of genes, the sequences that code for proteins. "DNA has many functions beyond coding for proteins.

What scientists once dismissed as junk DNA may actually be some of the most powerful code in our genome. A new international study reveals that ancient viral DNA buried in our genes plays an ...

New research suggests that DNA sequences historically considered to be "junk" have had an overlooked role in gene expression this whole time.

Vast sequencing project begins to unlock human genome’s secrets — by deciphering other mammals’ DNA By Jonathan Wosen Reprints ...

By blueprints, I mean the genetic code — the DNA sequence that makes smallpox or polio or SARS-CoV-2. Those sequences are freely available on the internet.

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