a disease that mutates genes in humans a group of mutated genes Over time, her feelings mutated from hatred into love. opera singers mutating into pop stars

Recent Examples on the Web When different influenza viruses strike pigs, the genes can mutate and new viruses can develop. — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 6 June 2021 The vaccine will be based on the mRNA technology proven through COVID-19 vaccines, and will target areas of the virus that can't mutate. — USA Today, 5 June 2021 And this virus could mutate in ways that undermine our miraculous vaccines. — NBC News, 30 May 2021 Most importantly for purposes of an HIV vaccine, mRNA does not mutate. — David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 29 Apr. 2021 The concept is especially nebulous when dealing with a virus that can mutate into different forms. — Colleen Shalby, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021 That's because the virus can mutate within individual carriers, especially immunocompromised patients. — David Z. Morris, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2021 This mind-set has become alarmingly familiar to law enforcement officials now reckoning with the destructive force of conspiracy theories that mutate endlessly online and played a role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. — Steve Cavendish, Star Tribune, 24 Feb. 2021 This mind-set has become alarmingly familiar to law enforcement officials now reckoning with the destructive force of conspiracy theories that mutate endlessly online and played a role in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. — New York Times, 24 Feb. 2021

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