mutation

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Using functional ultrasound imaging and electrical recordings, the researchers identified the mediodorsal thalamus as the brain region most affected by the mutation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

When these neurons were activated, the mice began to behave more like those without the mutation.

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

To get a more accurate genetic indicator of cancer risk, my mother encouraged me to get my DNA tested for the BRCA1 gene mutation.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

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

From "Merci Suárez Changes Gears" by Meg Medina