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The last time the U.K.’s law of succession was altered, to end male primogeniture, was in 2013 and it took nearly two years.

The scientists found that epigenetic changes in cancer cells alter how DNA is "read" to produce RNA, which carries the instructions for making proteins.

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And once it did, his standing in the sport had instantly been altered.

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Investors need to alter their strategies as their objectives change over the years.

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These puzzling variations, long a mystery to astronomers, hint at complex processes that altered the gas from which the stars originally formed, likely involving extremely hot "contaminants."

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