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On Viruses, Discovery, and Recognition

This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine rewards the discoverers of two viruses that cause major afflictions of humankind. Identifying human papilloma virus (HPV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) might now appear to have been simple, but the way forward was far from obvious at th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Weiss, Robin A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier Inc. 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7127708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19070561
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2008.11.022
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Sumario:This year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine rewards the discoverers of two viruses that cause major afflictions of humankind. Identifying human papilloma virus (HPV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) might now appear to have been simple, but the way forward was far from obvious at the time.