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Tag: genome

The vital job of ‘junk’ DNA

November 28, 2020 Antarctica Journal

Since the late 1990s, when they began decoding the human genome, scientists have believed that 98 percent of DNA is “junk,” with no function. But new research shows that most of this genetic material serves as switches that turn genes on or off, which could explain why some people predisposed to certain diseases get them, while others don’t. Our genome […]

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Cases of myopia, or nearsightedness, have rocketed as children across the world spend more time indoors, staring at computer screens. One quarter of the world’s population, or 1.6 billion people, now has the condition, and experts predict that by 2020, one in three people will be nearsighted.

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