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mutation

[myoo-tey-shuhn] / myuˈteɪ ʃən /


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Only around one percent of people in northern Europe have the necessary mutation.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The high-risk procedure normally requires a donor to have a specific mutation of their CCR5 gene, which blocks HIV from entering the body's cells.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

The discovery is especially important for people with the C90RF72 mutation, the most common genetic cause of ALS and FTD.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

“I think this movie is a strange mutation of the camp tradition.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

If the mutation rate is too high, we lose the inheritance of four billion years of painstaking evolution.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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