How to Use mosaicism in a Sentence

mosaicism

noun

• Some skin diseases proved to be caused by mosaicism, too.
  — New York Times, 21 May 2018
• Findings made in the past few years reveal that human skin, oesophageal and lung cells show high levels of mosaicism.
  — Kendall Powell, Scientific American, 22 Jan. 2020
• There are three types of Down syndrome: translocation, mosaicism and trisomy 21.
  — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 28 May 2021
• Doing it later can mean some cells but not others will be edited — a less ideal outcome known as mosaicism.
  — Megan Molteni, STAT, 23 July 2021
• Other concerns occur when only some of the embryo cells are repaired, called mosaicism.
  — Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2017
• Plus, both babies have a combination of cells with an edit and without an edit, which is called mosaicism.
  — Angela Chen, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2018
• That problem, known as mosaicism, needs to be solved to produce useful animal models.
  — Gary Stix, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2016
• Previous studies have found high levels of mosaicism in the skin, oesophagus and blood.
  — Heidi Ledford, Scientific American, 14 June 2019
• An article on Tuesday about the genetic condition mosaicism misstated the year in which Theodor Boveri died.
  — New York Times, 22 May 2018
• But the key, says Martincorena, is that the latest analysis demonstrated that mosaicism is present across a wide array of tissues.
  — Heidi Ledford, Scientific American, 14 June 2019
• And some embryos had cells that did not get repaired — a phenomenon called mosaicism that could result in the mutation being passed on — as well as unplanned mutations that could cause other health problems.
  — Pam Belluck, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2017
• Most of the excess was found in the hippocampus, a region of the brain involved in memory, but not in other regions of the brain, nor in a completely different organ like the heart, suggesting a very specific impact on brain mosaicism.
  — Robert Martone, Scientific American, 10 July 2018
• Previous embryo-editing attempts in China found not every cell was repaired, a safety concern called mosaicism.
  — Lauran Neergaard, The Seattle Times, 2 Aug. 2017
• Individual embryos also had cells that were edited in different ways, a concept called mosaicism.
  — Andrew Joseph, STAT, 3 Sep. 2020
• These mosaic embryos can range from a little abnormal (20 percent) to a lot abnormal (up to 79 percent), based on an analysis of five cells, and there is already argument about what is a safe percentage of mosaicism to transfer.
  — Stephen S. Hall, The Cut, 17 Sep. 2017
• However, the fact that the latest generation of tests are reporting higher rates of mosaicism in embryos raises questions about the validity of the diagnosis, Dr. Penzias says.
  — Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 21 Mar. 2018
• But scientists are also finding that mosaicism does not automatically equal disease.
  — New York Times, 21 May 2018
• Preliminary studies suggest that mosaicism underlies many other diseases.
  — New York Times, 21 May 2018

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024