mutation

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In experiments with mice, they found that the mutation disrupts a brain circuit responsible for updating beliefs when new information is received.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

In 2020, it ordered the culling of all roughly 17 million farm-raised mink in Denmark to stop the spread of a coronavirus mutation, a directive it later admitted had no legal grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

"In cancers, this protein appears to be upregulated and linked to increased mutation load. That puts it at the intersection of two of the most important disease categories of our time: neurodegeneration and cancer."

From Science Daily • Mar. 15, 2026

A protective mutation identified in South Asia may point to mechanisms driving cardiovascular or metabolic disease worldwide.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

“Genetic mutation of that type is impossible, Merci,” he says.

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina