variants

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By targeting features shared across an entire virus family, researchers hope the vaccine will remain effective even as new variants appear.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

Using data from three clinical trials that included 1,119 participants with diabetes, researchers found that people carrying PAM variants generally responded less well to GLP-1 receptor agonists.

From Science Daily • Jun. 5, 2026

But men with specific genetic mutations called BRCA2 variants develop faster-growing and aggressive cancers at an earlier age, making screening for them justified.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

Innovation continues on existing titles as well, including puzzle variants, cross-game challenges and themed days that have developed a devoted following.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

That same year de Vries published his monumental study of plant variants, Carl Correns, a botanist in Tübingen, published a study on pea and maize hybrids that precisely recapitulated Mendel’s results.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee