With further mutations, they said MERS "might become increasingly transmissible" and must be continuously assessed.
Mutations are tiny, and difficult to spot without knowing in advance what mutations to look for.
Mutations of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have been linked to hereditary breast and ovarian cancer.
Mutations in introns give rise to cystic fibrosis, breast cancer or forms of anemia.
Some patients' tumors have mutations that make them particularly sensitive to one drug or another.
At least 10% of childhood heart defects are tied to spontaneous genetic mutations, a study said.
The team said that the mutations were linked to a "strong predisposition" to obesity.
People who lived locally but were not exposed to the radioactive sands had significantly fewer mutations.
But over four to six years the genetically defective cells slowly accumulate more mutations.
But scientists revealed yesterday that there are many such mutations, and that patients without them benefit.
Usually patients have less serious mutations: a single front tooth or a slightly deformed face.
But the mutations apparently cause kras to become permanently stuck in the "on" position.
Kalydeco got them for additional, future indications in other mutations and in combination with another drug.
Similarly, Erivedge targets cancers in patients with mutations in a specific gene known as PTCH1.
Nonsense mutations also cause 10% of cystic fibrosis cases, and the PTC drug shows promise there.
Nor are these the only possible mutations that could start a pandemic, they said.
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That means harmful mutations whose effects appear in old age can still be eliminated.
They found that mutations in this gene were associated with elite sprinters, both male and female.
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We need to know more about what happens when you have one of these genetic mutations.
Technically, it's not difficult at all to do a test for these genetic mutations.
SNPs are single-letter mutations within the DNA that determine how one person is different from another.
In total, 18 different mutations were found, four of which had not previously been reported.
In people with parkin mutations, the average age when the disease became apparent was about 43.
The dominant theory of speciation is that it results from a slow accumulation of genetic mutations.
This analysis strongly suggests that mitochondrial mutations are responsible for many cases of Alzheimer's disease.
The tumor had developed mutations that made it resistant to the drug, the researchers report.
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In an attempt to elude the pesky pumps and overcome mutations, Bristol-Myers scientists engineered more than 1, 200 taxane molecules.
To induce the mutations, Dr Abe bombarded germinating seeds with carbon ions for 30 seconds.
Avian flu strains from Indonesia and Vietnam has been studied in the context of mutations so far.
Two months later, a paper in Science described why mutations in the gene would make Iressa work.
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