Already, researchers have
linked noncoding DNA to Crohn disease, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, and other disorders, suggesting that enhancers could be targets for medical manipulation.
Not exact matches
The researchers detected this SMN long
noncoding RNA, or lnc - RNA (pronounced «
link RNA») for short, in human embryonic kidney cells, brain cell samples and neurons derived from the stem cells of healthy people and those with spinal muscular atrophy type I and II.
They also uncovered five CNVs
linked to autism that land in
noncoding regions of the genome.
In the June update, 278 retinal disease genes had been mapped, including first bona - fide
noncoding gene
linked to a retinal disease.