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Because it protrudes at a slight angle, swells approaching from the south or southwest bounce off the jetty and mutate into triangular peaks—hence the spot’s name.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

"We've converted vaccine development from being reactive to being future proof. Our vaccines will continue to provide protection against viruses even as they mutate into new strains," said Heeney.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2026

Genes can be expressed or activated, or not—more often they’re not; they mutate and can alter their own function and be altered by environmental forces.

From Slate ● Mar. 19, 2026

While viruses are technically not alive, it is their nature to mutate and evolve.

From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2025

The problem is that in response to antibiotics, bacteria can mutate or change.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

“It’s a virus that mutates and against which people must be immunized over and over again.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026

Most of the time the virus drifts along making minor changes and then every so often there is a sudden abrupt shift as the virus mutates substantially.

From BBC ● Nov. 8, 2025

Bird flu has already cost America billions — and if it mutates to allow for human-to-human transmission, the cost could soar into the hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars.

From Salon ● Oct. 11, 2025

The COVID-19 virus, SARS-CoV-2, mutates often, learning to better transmit itself from person to person and evade immunity created by vaccinations and previous infections.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2025

It mutates even in the course of one infection, and a person who dies of hiv is usually infected with multiple strains, which have all arisen spontaneously as mutants in the body.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

One promising experimental anti-tau treatment that made waves this summer acts on the very same gene that is mutated in Barb’s family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Even the endings feel like save points, with Alice respawning at the start of each consecutive movie with another mutated monkey on her back.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

A patient’s tumor is surgically removed and then sequenced, allowing researchers to figure out which mutated proteins are expressed on the cancer cells.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026

Flu hit early last winter, with a new mutated version of the virus circulating - a seasonal influenza called subclade K or Super-K.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

“I wouldn’t expect you to. This is mutated from security we developed inside Henka Games.”

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Can some mutating DNA be the catalyst for a happy reunion?

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

Successive governments have attempted to ban such groups, yet the problem has persisted with gangs mutating, rebranding and reappearing under new names each electoral cycle.

From BBC ● May 3, 2026

Mourning is ever-developing and growing and changing and mutating.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 21, 2026

The more cases in humans, the greater the risk of the H5N1 virus mutating to spread more efficiently between people, risking another pandemic like COVID-19.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024

“Well, if it is mutating and if any of us have caught it, let’s hope it gives us a week or two before we lose our wits. Come on. Let’s get moving.”

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner