mutation

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The mutation occurs in a gene called grin2a, which had previously been flagged in large genetic studies of schizophrenia.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

In 2020, it ordered the culling of all roughly 17 million farm-raised mink in Denmark to stop the spread of a coronavirus mutation, a directive it later admitted had no legal grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

This same mutation is well known in human breast cancer and is already targeted with specific drugs called PI3K inhibitors.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2026

The strain the animals have contains a mutation allowing it to more easily transmit between mammals.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2026

But if a mutation disrupts the function of an enzyme, then the normal gene must specify the information to make the normal enzyme.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee