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mutation

[myoo-tay-shuhn] / mjuˈteɪ ʃən /


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More than 50 percent of the tumors examined carried a mutation in this gene.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

Its origins lie in a genetic mutation that arose thousands of years ago in regions of sub-Saharan Africa.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 2026

These occur when an individual gains a beneficial mutation that gives it an advantage over closely related individuals, allowing its descendants to become dominant.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

To investigate its role, the team created assembloids from patient-derived cells carrying an NRXN1 mutation.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026

Koyré had a vast influence in America, and his Bachelardian conception of an intellectual mutation was adopted by Thomas Kuhn in The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

In humans, mutations in the FBXW7 gene in breast cancer are associated with worse prognosis - paralleling the change seen in cats.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 2026

While many cases occur without a known cause, inherited forms caused by genetic mutations will strike generation after generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Using those mutations, which are also called neoantigens, the researchers make an mRNA strand that is unique to the patient.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

It looks for more than 450 DNA mutations associated with bladder cancer across 23 genes.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Over time, it should have accumulated mutations, almost all of them tiny alterations in unused DNA that didn't affect the mitochondria’s functions.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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