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49. Another well-crafted logic loop in Abstract by Nobel Laureates (mini-series: reading-30)
We will talk about the second of the two, well-crafted loops of logic, in the Abstract of a paper written by the Nobel Prize Laureates.
Not all abstracts have this second loop. But when it is present, it gives a better overview of the impact of the presented work. We can find one of the best examples in our Abstract.
We are reading the paper written by the Laureates, Dr. Katalin Karikó & Dr. Drew Weissman, that led to the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023. We call it the Milestone Article 1. Here are two sets of links related to the paper.
Milestone Article 1:
- “Suppression of RNA recognition by Toll-like receptors: the impact of nucleoside modification and the evolutionary origin of RNA” by Karikó, Buckstein, Ni & Weissman. Immunity, 23(2): 165-75, 2005.
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2005.06.008
- PDF: https://www.cell.com/immunity/pdf/S1074-7613(05)00211-6.pdf
- PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16111635/
Copyright of the paper (as of March, 2025):
- See the pull-down menu “Article Info” near the top of the article webpage (Use the DOI above to reach it).
- Check the “User License” section which lists the “Elsevier user license”:
- --- http://www.elsevier.com/open-access/userlicense/1.0/
- --- https://www.elsevier.com/about/policies-and-standards/open-access-licenses/elsevier-user
For finding our Milestone Articles 1, 2 and 3 (i.e., three papers written by the Laureates that led to the Nobel Prize), visit the following website that shows the “Press Release” of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2023. Look for "Key publications" section.
We discussed how to find Milestone Articles 1~3 as above, in Episode #10. Here is the link to the episode:
- https://synaptologica.buzzsprout.com/2219599/episodes/14122755
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