mutation

A single mutation in the chain of amino acids, the protein "building blocks," was enough to make the antimicrobial peptide substantially more effective.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

Jenny, who had learned she was a mutation carrier, could not acknowledge it when she began to change, even after a doctor made her diagnosis plain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Food and Drug Administration granted approval for the drug, based on the results of another trial, for advanced breast cancer upon the detection of a specific mutation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 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

Could the effects of this germinal mutation be undone?

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

While many cases occur without a known cause, inherited forms caused by genetic mutations will strike generation after generation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

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 researchers searched for rare mutations and compared how often particular genetic changes appeared in patients versus healthy individuals.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Such regions may become especially significant when mutations interfere with normal cellular activity and contribute to cancer.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026

In 1994 Neel and Wallace sifted through mitochondrial DNA from eighteen widely dispersed Indian groups, looking for mutations that had occurred since their common ancestors left Asia.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann