variant
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Only "a few thousand" men who have a dangerous genetic variant and a family history of cancer should be screened for prostate cancer with a blood test, according to the final recommendations of scientific advisers.
From BBC • May 28, 2026
Kenya has not reported any Ebola infections so far, but health authorities are scrambling to curb a fast-growing outbreak of a rare Ebola variant in the DRC.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
After George Floyd’s death, the university opened an Intercultural Diversity Center, a Hate & Bias Hotline and a Safe to Pee program to deter “discrimination against gender variant people in public restrooms.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
An individual with a variant on both their GLP-1 and GIP receptors is 14 times more likely to have nausea from Zepbound, according to the 23andMe research.
From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026
Another woman with the same mutation might develop an indolent variant; and yet another might not develop breast cancer at all.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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