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Home - OMRF News - Archives for mutation

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Oklahoma teen lives with unique skeletal disorder

December 3, 2019

Sydney Rutz is one in five billion.

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New colon cancer finding could lead to earlier diagnosis—and better outcomes

March 28, 2018

The most common method of screening for colon cancer is a colonoscopy. However, certain cancer-causing polyps can be easily missed during an examination.

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Does DNA determine happiness?

June 20, 2014

Some genes influence joy, but that’s not the whole story.

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There’s more than luck behind a four-leaf clover

March 17, 2014

Clover, just like humans, has DNA that can be mutated in surprising ways.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: four-leaf clover, genetic, luck, mutation, St. Patrick's Day, stephen prescott

Columbus brought more than ships to the New World

October 10, 2013

Explorers brought new infectious diseases with them to the Americas.

Filed Under: Featured News, News Tagged With: avian influenza, bird flu, black death, Columbus Day, infectious disease, influenza, malaria, measles, mutation, smallpox, Swine Flu, syphilis, Taino, tuberculosis

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