... risk increases with age (because an accumulation of gene mutations is required). Their discovery deepened our understanding of ... mutations of the EGF (epidermal growth factor) receptor gene, mutations that make certain lung cancers susceptible to treatment ...

... years been working on a quantum model of gene mutation, in the wake of H. J. Muller's discoveries ... a "quantum jump" which made itself visible as mutation. That is, genes might be stable in the same way that ...

... from mutations in certain of our own normal genes. These mutations are triggered by environmental carcinogens or by naturally ... like particular viruses, cigarette smoke, and radiation--these genes can accumulate mutations that prompt the cell in which they reside ...

... or antibiotics. The resistance may be acquired through gene mutation or foreign DNA in transmissible plasmids. Microbial genetics -- ... cell replication and the transmission of genetic information. ... Nucleotide -- A unit that polymerizes into nucleic acids ( ...

... are so suggestive of an altered concept of gene mutation that I have not wanted to make any ...

... Inderpal Sarkaria, Bhuvanesh Singh, et. al. "EGF Receptor Gene Mutations are Common in Lung Cancers from 'Never Smokers' ...