mutant

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Researchers have also found that increasing the amount of a partially functional mutant MeCP2 protein can lead to improvements in survival, movement, and breathing problems in mice.

From Science Daily • Mar. 6, 2026

It has produced two Doctor Whos, a Marvel mutant, Game of Thrones stars, UK stage royalty, several Hollywood A-listers and a Traitors icon.

From BBC • Jan. 2, 2026

Within minutes, the woman goes into labor, giving birth to a mutant baby with wings.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025

A pinched approximation of a muted trumpet suggests some kind of mutant jazz unfolding nearby, while unpredictable pitch changes conjure visions of a tape slipping off a spool.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 18, 2025

Every mutant, they noted, was missing a single metabolic function, corresponding to the activity of a single protein enzyme.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee