Scientists have revealed nearly 100 genetic variants implicated in the development of cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer.
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nlike the coding region of the genome where our 23,000 protein-coding genes lie, the non-coding region — which makes up 98% of our genome — is poorly understood. Recent studies have emphasised the biological value of the non-coding regions, previously considered ‘junk’ DNA, in the regulation of proteins. This new information provides a starting point for researchers to sieve through the non-coding regions and identify the most functionally important regions.
But you don’t care. You’d die for Darwin instead, right?