mutant
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The researchers later found evidence that some of the mutant cells could enter the brain itself.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 14, 2026
“Heartstopper” star Kit Connor is reportedly Marvel Studios’ pick to play Scott Summers, the mutant hero also known as Cyclops, in its upcoming “X-Men” reboot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Peter Nowell, a pathologist, argued in 1976 that cancers arise from a single mutant cell and then evolve, as offspring acquire new mutations and compete for dominance—a prediction that single-cell sequencing has dramatically confirmed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
"Working with mouse models and cells derived from patients with Rett syndrome, our study provides proof of concept that increasing the levels of mutant MeCP2 in patients with the condition could provide therapeutic benefit."
From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2026
Some mutant individuals developed fruit without even having to be pollinated, resulting in our seedless bananas, grapes, oranges, and pineapples.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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In 2024, Feige told Entertainment Weekly that “the whole story of ‘Secret Wars’ really leads us into a new age of mutants and of the X-Men.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
"In our PEX11 mutants, these vesicles either don't form or are abnormally small and rare, and so we see these massive peroxisomes, way larger than normal."
From Science Daily ● Apr. 25, 2026
Bosses waited to unleash their mutants, but now the shackles are off as the latest teaser confirms they're entering the MCU.
From BBC ● Jan. 9, 2026
The surface is now home to scavengers, soldiers, mutants, and ghouls, all doing their best to survive on spoiled food, brackish water, and whatever’s left in long-abandoned vending machines.
From Salon ● May 12, 2025
The mutants generated by Nüsslein-Volhard and Wieschaus were even more dramatic than the ones described by Lewis.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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