Voyaging into the parallel universe of micro RNAs

Using the analogy of space travel Thomas Thum believes micro RNAs (miRNAs) represent a part of the dark matter of the genome. “While the Human Genome Project showed humans have around 20,000 different genes, it turned out that only approximately 1.5 % code for proteins and the rest have no obvious function. Topics: Heart Failure (HF)
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