On Dec. 14, 2023, the University of Alberta announced that a study published in Nature sheds light on a small part of the so-called ﾓdark genomeﾔ ﾗ the 98 per cent of the human genome whose biological function is largely not known.

In this case, an international multidisciplinary team reported the first high-resolution images and structural details of a genetic element known as LINE-1, which inserts itself into the human genome and is implicated in diseases such as cancer, autoimmune disorders and neurodegeneration, and even aging.