Supercomputer simulation shows why beneficial mutations rarely lead to hypermutators in real organisms

In real life, mutants can arise when their DNA changes to give them an advantage over the rest of the population. A team from ...
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Stan Lee’s New TV Series Celebrates Real-Life Mutants

Reality has caught up with Stan Lee’s mutant fantasies, judging by his new History Channel series, called Stan Lee’s Superhumans. Airing this fall, Superhumans will feature “genetically different” ...

"The New Mutants" Cast Finds Out Which Character They Really Are

With "The New Mutants" FINALLY hitting theaters, we had the cast (Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Alice ...
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Neuronal expression of Mgat1 rescues the shortened life span of Drosophila Mgat1¹ null mutants and increases life span

The enzyme UDP-GlcNAc:α3-D-mannoside β1,2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GnT1, encoded by Mgat1) controls the synthesis of paucimannose N-glycans in Drosophila. We have previously reported that ...