mutation
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More than 50 percent of the tumors examined carried a mutation in this gene.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 27, 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
Now, doctors have a medicine that targets the mutation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
He became rather technical; spoke of the abnormal endocrine co-ordination which made men grow so slowly; postulated a germinal mutation to account for it.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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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
The rare mutations examined in the study were identified in people with so-called syndromic congenital heart disease.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026
The authors reported negative results in most assays, including tests for mutations and chromosome damage.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
The tumor has to be sequenced to identify the mutations the vaccine should target.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
Similarly, the changes required to transform wild plants into crops can in principle be brought about by alternative new mutations or alternative courses of selection to yield equivalent results.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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