mutagen

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“We may have to start thinking of higher temperatures such as those found in mammals as a mutagen for fungi,” he says.

From Science Magazine • Jun. 19, 2024

This finding expands the knowledge of formaldehyde, previously considered only as a DNA mutagen, and helps establishing a further link with cancer.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2023

Chloroprene is a mutagen, meaning it causes cancer by attacking and mutating DNA.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2022

This was later confirmed experimentally; Francis Crick and Sydney Brenner used the chemical mutagen proflavin to insert one, two, or three nucleotides into the gene of a virus.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

It is the view of Dr. Peter Alexander of the Chester Beatty Research Institute in London that “any alkylating agent which is effective in sterilizing insects would also be a powerful mutagen and carcinogen.”

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson