mutant

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Peter Nowell, a pathologist, argued in 1976 that cancers arise from a single mutant cell and then evolve, as offspring acquire new mutations and compete for dominance—a prediction that single-cell sequencing has dramatically confirmed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

To test whether the filaments were merely structural details or actually necessary for life, the team engineered a mutant version of PopZ that could no longer form filaments.

From Science Daily • Feb. 26, 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

Scrubbed from top to bottom with something sudsy and bright colored, like sun yellow that smelled like rotten lemon, or mutant green that smelled like if every flower in the world sneezed.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds