Phrases with «somatic mutations»

Somatic mutations refer to changes that occur in the cells of our body during our lifetime. These changes can happen in our genetic material (DNA) and can affect how our cells function. They are not inherited from our parents and are caused by factors like aging, exposure to harmful chemicals, or other environmental factors. These mutations are specific to individual cells and do not affect our entire body. Full definition

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The Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) are a collection of data produced and developed by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. (horizondiscovery.com)
He works primarily on de novo genome assembly, the detection of somatic mutations in cancer and, most recently, the development of algorithms for nanopore - based sequencers. (agbt.org)
Just as one can't truly identify somatic mutations in a tumor tissue without a matched normal, it's nearly impossible to distinguish de novo mutations in a patient without sequencing both of his or her parents. (massgenomics.org)
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Sentences with «somatic mutations»

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