Let’s read the first paragraph of the Introduction section in a paper written by the Nobel Laureates. Specifically, we will read each sentence in the paragraph, and think about the meaning and the role of each sentence. One key point is that the structural components of the Abstract will help us understand the paragraphs and sentences of the Introduction.
We are reading the paper written by 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.
- HTML: 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 July, 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
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