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Topic: Mutations

Electric eel (Electrophorus electricus) (Getty Images/wrangel)

Electric eel zaps do more than just stun

Matthew Rozsa
Coronavirus mutations, concept (Getty images/VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

How variant XBB.1.5 took over the U.S.

Troy Farah
3D rendered image, enhanced scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of cancer cells. (Getty Images/koto_feja)

Mutations make cancer cells immortal

Pattra Chun-On - The Conversation
A man wearing a protective face mask walks past an illustration of a virus outside Oldham Regional Science Centre on November 24, 2020 in Oldham, United Kingdom. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

What COVID-19 will look like in 2100

Nicole Karlis
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Evolution of Life on Earth illustration (Getty Images/Man_Half-tube)

New study turns evolution upside-down

Matthew Rozsa
Model of Human Coronavirus, fractured (Getty Images/Alexandr Gnezdilov Light Painting)

What you need to know about omicron

Louis Jacobson - KFF Health News
A bustling hallway in the emergency department at Mount Sinai South Nassau hospital due to coronavirus (COVID-19) patients in Oceanside, New York (Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday via Getty Images)

New infections are driving variants

Vaughn Cooper, Lee Harrison - The Conversation
Coronavirus COVID-19 (Getty Images)

The lambda strain may be the next delta

Matthew Rozsa
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New covid-19 coronavirus mutation (Getty Images)

Coronavirus' many mutations, explained

Matthew Rozsa
3D render illustration of COVID-19 (Getty Images)

The spike at the heart of coronavirus

Matthew Rozsa
A nurse looks at test tubes after taking a blood sample from a patient suffering from Covid 19, in the Covid-19 department at the Bari Polyclinic on May 05, 2020 in Bari, Italy. (Donato Fasano/Getty Images)

The coronavirus has mutated

Nicole Karlis
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