For decades after the identification of the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the Genome that contain codes for the production of proteins.
Carey is also the author of The Epigenetics.
Having worked in the biotech and pharmaceutical industries for more than a decade, she maintains strong relationships with leading researchers in Europe and across the United States, at such institutions as the Harvard Medical School, the University of Pennsylvania, the Wistar Institute, the MD Anderson Cancer Center, and the University of Southern California. in virology from the University of Edinburgh.
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About the Author: Nessa Carey is a visiting professor at Imperial College, London.
We are only now unlocking the secrets of Junk DNA, and Nessa Carey\'s book is an essential resource for navigating the history and controversies of this fast-growing, hotly disputed field.
Drawing on her experience with leading scientific investigators in Europe and North America, Nessa Carey provides a clear and compelling introduction to Junk DNA and its critical involvement in phenomena as diverse as genetic diseases, viral infections, sex determination in mammals, and evolution.
These functions have forced scientists to revisit the very meaning of the word "gene" and have engendered a spirited scientific battle over whether or not this genomic "nonsense" is the source of human biological complexity.
Junk DNA can play vital and unanticipated roles in the control of gene expression, from fine-tuning individual genes to switching off entire chromosomes.
Our increasing knowledge of Junk DNA has led to innovative research and treatment approaches that may finally ameliorate some of these conditions.
But researchers have recently discovered variations and modulations in this Junk DNA that are involved with a number of intractable diseases.
Other regions that make up 98 percent of the human Genome were dismissed as "junk," sequences that serve no purpose.
For decades after the identification of the structure of DNA, scientists focused only on genes, the regions of the Genome that contain codes for the production of proteins
