ENCODE : Nature Publishing Group : A landmark in the understanding of the human genome. DeCS Server - Main Menu. ISI Web of Knowledge. Nature. PLoS Biology. Cell. DOI: xPAGE 313 DOI: xViruses are curious life forms. Minimalistic and yet equipped with the evolvability to persist and proliferate, there’s clearly a lesson or two to be learned from them on survival. It is perhaps these very intrinsic qualities that have transformed some viruses into the deadliest known pathogens in the history of mankind.
A viral epidemic has been the focus of many summer blockbuster movies, wherein identification, structural characterization, and the development of antibodies to “cure” the infection are all amazingly achieved within a matter of hours (and often by the one scientist-doctor-chemist-physicist-macho-hero, but more on that some other time). Rachel Bernstein DOI: xTo harness the strength of data sets growing by leaps and bounds every day, cultural norms in biomedical research are under pressure to change with the times. John S.