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mutant

[myoot-nt] / ˈmjut nt /
NOUN
mutation
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONG


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We open in a post-apocalyptic Pasadena, following a hooded character through a dark landscape of burned out cars and mutant distractions to Stuart’s somehow still-open comic book store.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 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

Researchers have also found that increasing the amount of a partially functional mutant MeCP2 protein can lead to improvements in survival, movement, and breathing problems in mice.

From Science Daily Mar. 6, 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

Mini turned even redder, now looking like a tomato’s mutant cousin.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

"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

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

"It was a proper disaster, but it didn't cause strange glowing plants or mutants or dangerous cults to emerge."

From BBC Mar. 26, 2025

He endorsed normal Senate candidates over lab-born mutants in swing-state primaries, and stopped feuding with old enemies in the name of party unity.

From Slate Aug. 3, 2024

Fruit flies had transformed genetics by virtue of rare mutants.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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