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Summary Dancers put on an aerial performance at the launch of DNA findings.
The finding says 80 per cent of the genetic code is active in keeping life going.A group of dancers performed an aerial silk spectacle at the Science Museum in London, which they call the Dance of the DNA.The dance depicted three sequences of DNA movement with the dancers holding special silk threads with DNA codes printed on them.The dancers were trying to explain in an alternative way the key findings of a research project that has effectively scrapped the concept of junk DNA.The findings, reported in some 30 research papers, show that around 80 per cent of the genetic code is actively involved in keeping life going.Until recently large amounts of the human genetic code, or genome, were dismissed as junk - DNA sequences that had no function. Now scientists know that almost every fragment of DNA has a purpose.In future, scientists hope the findings will lead to a deeper understanding of numerous diseases and help them devise more effective diagnostic tools and treatments.The dance performance was co-created by the contemporary science department, experts from the Encode project, and aerialist Michele Laine of Viv Aerial Dance.
