A good portion of human DNA is what scientists refer to as "junk" -- stuff left over from ancient viruses and such. But maybe ...

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

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

The Human Genome Project changed everything. A map of the entire human sequence of DNA was the starting point for an enormous number of discoveries, from disease genes to how humans evolved. But DNA ...

When modern humans travelled from Asia to the Americas, traversing the Bering Strait for the first time, they were well prepared. That's because these travelers brought along an adaptive variant in ...

The translocation most typically found in mantle cell lymphoma drags a powerful regulatory element into a new area of the human genome.

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

The non-coding genome, once referred to as "junk DNA," is now understood to be a fundamental regulator of gene expression and ...

Researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln have played a pivotal role in an international study that has uncovered a ...

Junk DNA in birds may hold key to safe, efficient gene therapy Retrotransposons can insert new genes into a 'safe harbor' in the genome, complementing CRISPR gene editing Date: February 20, 2024 ...

As a PhD student at Iowa State University, Connor Thorpe modified the design of the classic gene gun using a 3D printer in ...

The recoded bacterium uses only 57 of the 64 possible genetic codes, freeing up seven to be used for different purposes ...