mutant

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But Reilly, who calls himself a coward and claims to be no hero, regards his mutant abilities as “a part of me I wish never existed. With no power, there’s no responsibility.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 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

By deleting the e2 component from the mutant gene, the researchers evaluated how the cells responded.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

More recently, he appeared in “Fallout” just long enough for his character to be mauled to death by a mutant bear.

From Salon • Jan. 15, 2026

Other mutant flies had forked bristles; sable-colored bodies; curved legs; bent, batlike wings; disjointed abdomens; deformed eyes—a Halloween’s parade of oddballs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee