How to Use mosaicism in a Sentence
mosaicism
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Some skin diseases proved to be caused by mosaicism, too.
—New York Times, 21 May 2018
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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
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There are three types of Down syndrome: translocation, mosaicism and trisomy 21.
—Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 28 May 2021
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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
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Other concerns occur when only some of the embryo cells are repaired, called mosaicism.
—Amy Dockser Marcus, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2017
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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
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That problem, known as mosaicism, needs to be solved to produce useful animal models.
—Gary Stix, Scientific American, 15 Nov. 2016
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Previous studies have found high levels of mosaicism in the skin, oesophagus and blood.
—Heidi Ledford, Scientific American, 14 June 2019
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An article on Tuesday about the genetic condition mosaicism misstated the year in which Theodor Boveri died.
—New York Times, 22 May 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Individual embryos also had cells that were edited in different ways, a concept called mosaicism.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 3 Sep. 2020
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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
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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
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But scientists are also finding that mosaicism does not automatically equal disease.
—New York Times, 21 May 2018
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Preliminary studies suggest that mosaicism underlies many other diseases.
—New York Times, 21 May 2018
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