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ArticleAnnual review of virology2016

The Language of Life.

Ann C Palmenberg

Abstract readAutobiographyHistorical Article
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Article in Annual review of virology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Ann C PalmenbergDepartment of Biochemistry and the Institute for Molecular Virology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin 53706; email: acpalmen@wisc.edu.

Funding

Wisconsin Infant Study Cohort (WISC)U19AI104317 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Irene M Ong · 2013 to 2026
$22.5M
NIAID NIH HHS U19 AI104317
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Science is our best current approximation of the way things work. You cannot do science unless you believe there is a discernable truth inherent to the arrangement of our tangible world. The problem is, we in our given time never know where exactly the asymptote lies or how far we are from it. My curiosity about the natural world is innate, but fate has variously gifted me with outstanding personal opportunities to indulge that curiosity through the study of viruses. To a woman of the boomer generation, professional paths were not always open-door, and to a certain extent they still aren't. Whether such points should now be viewed as obstacles or stepping stones is a matter of perspective. RNA viruses, and the multiple, seminal mentors who taught me their secrets, have defined my career. Some of their stories are told here as they dovetail with mine. If there is any unity to this, it would be a pursuit of the language of life, or sequence analysis, as taught to us by natural selection. The intent here is not a legacy but an example. Science is a beautiful fate.

Indexed as

Base SequenceCardiovirusHistory, 20th CenturyHistory, 21st CenturyHumansNuclear PorePoliovirusRhinovirusSequence Analysis, RNAViral VaccinesViral VaccinesautobiographycardiovirusfaterhinovirusRNAsequence analysis

Identifiers

PMID27741404
PMCPMC5206909

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