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Scientists find surprising impact of junk DNA and RNA in cancer

Killer T cells surround a cancer cell.   “Human satellite II,” an exceptionally high-copy but unexplored sequence of the human genome thought of as “junk DNA,” has a surprising ability to impact master regulators of our genome, and it goes awry in 50 percent of tumors, according to a new study published in Cell Reports by scientists...