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

A portion of our genome that was once dismissed as being “junk” may actually play an important role in regulating gene ...

The DNA in our cells is constantly damaged, with the most severe being the simultaneous breakage of both strands that compose ...

Once dismissed as “junk,” pieces of ancient viral DNA in our genome are now known to help control which genes are turned on or off.

Across two new papers published Wednesday (July 23) in the journal Nature, scientists sequenced the DNA of 1,084 people ...

During DNA replication, the classic double helix can temporarily rearrange into an alternative structure known as a DNA three ...

Complex regions of the human genome remained uncharted, even after researchers sequenced the genome in its entirety. That is, ...