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2,456 results for: mutations

  1. Health & Medicine

    Dose of Reality

    HPV is epidemic, which is odd since it is largely preventable.

    By Nathan Seppa
  2. Genetics

    From Great Grandma to You

    Epigenetic changes reach down through the generations.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  3. Humans

    Of Mice and Man

    The lab mouse is being remodeled to better mimic how humans respond to disease.

    By Susan Gaidos
  4. Humans

    A Cancer Patient’s Best Friend

    Similarities between tumors in people and dogs mean canine studies can inform human disease.

    By Laura Beil
  5. Science & Society

    Scientists take on Twitter

    Social media comes into its own as a tool and a subject for study.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  6. Life

    Controversial bird flu papers fly

    But research freeze holds.

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  7. Science News Top 25

    Science News reviews the year in science with a compilation and analysis of the most fascinating stories reported in the magazine. Also highlighted are reader favorites, debunked science and the year's weirdest stories.

    By Science News
  8. Life

    Nouveaux Antennas

    A single hairlike appendage may allow a cell to sense the outside world

    By Tina Hesman Saey

  9. Uncommon Carriers

    People have a surprising number of rare genetic variants.

    By Tina Hesman Saey
  10. Neuroscience

    Hurt Blocker

    The next big pain drug may soothe sensory firestorms without side effects.

    By Rachel Ehrenberg
  11. Earth

    Defying Depth

    How deep-sea creatures, and close relatives, survive tons of water weight.

    By Susan Gaidos
  12. Humans

    Letters from the November 13, 2004, issue of Science News

    The direct approach “An Exploitable Mutation: Defect might make some lung cancers treatable” (SN: 9/11/04, p. 164: An Exploitable Mutation: Defect might make some lung cancers treatable) may have missed a “magic bullet” that would be effective against many forms of cancer. The researchers concentrate on a drug that blocks a mutated form of the […]

    By Science News