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 ...

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 ...

NEWS 25 June 2025 DeepMind’s new AlphaGenome AI tackles the ‘dark matter’ in our DNA Tool aims to solve the mystery of non-coding sequences — but is still in its infancy.

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

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 ...