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A form of muscular dystrophy depends on ‘junk’ DNA

Impact: DNA Decoding August 20, 2010

Back in February of this year (2010) a study in Nature reported on finding a segment of human DNA, one of the areas in the so-called ‘junk genes,’ that contributed to a form of coronary artery disease. [SciTechStory: Junk DNA that actually does something] Now there is another study, in the magazine Science [A Unifying [...]

Posted in Impact: DNA Decoding | Also tagged FSHD, gene, genetics, genome, junk DNA, muscular dystrophy, RNA, transcription | Leave a comment

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