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 ...

Protein-coding sequence accounts for only 2% of the human genome, with the function of the remaining 98% of non-coding sequences in the human genome being largely elusive A large number of small 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 ...