[fabian2k]

It's very annoying how the media, and sometimes even the university press released, continue to announce that we have finally shown that "junk DNA" is not actually junk DNA. We've known that for decades now, but every time it is announced as if it was a completely new discovery.

Of course the extent of non-coding DNA that plays some important role has not been known long, and we surely don't understand it yet completely. But finding that some non-coding DNA has a regulatory function has not been a surprise for decades now.