Understanding the function of certain groups of non-coding RNAs will lead to a greater understanding of how certain illnesses that only occur in humans are caused or prevented, according to Stefanie ...

Junk DNA refers to regions of the genome that did not at first appear to have any function or relevance. Research over time has revealed that in fact, these regions have importance, even if it’s not ...

Long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) are autonomously transcribed RNAs of more than 200 nucleotides in length that do not overlap protein-coding genes. They often lack sequence conservation and ...

Researchers have uncovered a vast new class of previously unrecognized mammalian genes that do not encode proteins, but instead function as long RNA molecules, and seem to play critical roles in both ...

This week's cover of the international journal 'Nature' features an image of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) being decoded. 98% of DNA consists of 'non-coding regions' that are not directly involved in ...