There's a major new mutation within the 2nd generation tablet and it brings significantly better battery life.

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On average, every child is born with one brand new genetic mutation.

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This, some scientists believe, leads to new illnesses formed by genetic mutation crossing the species barrier and entering the human population.

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This, some scientists believe, leads to new diseases formed by genetic mutation crossing the species barrier and entering the human population.

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His tumor had a gene mutation being targeted by a new cancer vaccine being tested by Duke neurosurgeon John Sampson.

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But there were chemotherapy options, notably a relatively new drug called Tarceva, which targets a gene mutation commonly found in lung cancers of female non-smokers.

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Meanwhile, PLX4032 from Roche and Plexxikon works via a different mechanism and shrinks tumors in a mind-boggling 80% of melanoma patients whose tumors have a mutation called in a gene called BRAF, These results were published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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This month a new scientific paper discussed the finding that small nematode worms of a certain species often carry a particular mitochondrial mutation the absence of 786 letters of code from a crucial gene.

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First, when a new copy of copia inserts itself into a fly's genetic material, it may cause a deleterious mutation to a previously healthy gene (hence all the copia-related mutations detected by geneticists).

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