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 ...

DNA contains foundational information needed to sustain life. Understanding how this information is stored and organized has been one of the greatest scientific challenges of the last century.

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.

This AI system can analyze up to one million DNA letters at once, predicting how tiny changes in noncoding regions trigger everything from cancer to rare genetic disorders—and potentially ...

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