Word: mutant
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...some cases, if the damage is too serious to be patched, p53 activates other genes that cause the cell to self-destruct. Mutations in p53, which have been detected in more than 50% of all human cancers, are thus extremely dangerous. In laboratory cultures, some cancer cells that possess mutant versions of p53 do not die when challenged by antitumor agents, while those that have normal p53 genes go belly...
Researchers looking for mutant strands of DNA in skin-cancer cells have discovered a gene that may be at the root of many -- if not most -- cancers, including such major types as lung, breast, brain, bone, bladder, kidney, ovary and lymphocyte. In healthy tissue, the gene acts as a brake on runaway cell division. Scientists hope that by replacing damaged genes with healthy ones, they may someday be able to prevent many types of cancer...
After hearing a comment like that, think to myself, "Is there something wrong with me? Is there a genetic disposition for Latino liberalism? Am I, then, some kind of political deviant, phony Hispanic, a mutant of sorts...
...being created in the '50s, Vegas' Strip was a mutant kind of American main drag, an absurdly overscaled Main Street for cars instead of people. Everywhere else in the country the shopping mall was replacing the traditional downtown. But now the Strip in Las Vegas has come full circle, its vacant stretches filling in with so many new hotels and casinos that what had been the ultimate expression of car culture has masses of tourists walking from Bally's to Caesars to Treasure Island, and from the Luxor to the Excalibur to the MGM Grand. The Strip is virtually...
While legions of scientists are hunting down mutant genes like the culprit that causes some colon cancers, other researchers are seeking ways to fix the damage done by these mistakes of nature. Still in its infancy, the field of "gene therapy" has spawned dozens of experiments aimed at treating ailments ranging from cystic fibrosis to brain tumors. The goal is to transplant new genes into humans to do the work of defective ones -- or to give patients extra genes useful in fighting diseases...