Facets

2019 CE

#11462

A new genomic blueprint of the human gut microbiota.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Almeida, Mitchell, Boland.... Abstract: "The composition of the human gut microbiota is linked to health and disease, but knowledge of individual microbial species is n…

1784 CE

#2734.4

A treatise on the diseases of children.

Underwood laid the foundation of modern pediatrics. His work was superior to anything that had previously appeared and remained the most important book on the subject for sixty years, passing through many editions. Th…

1814 CE

#216.1

A treatise on the supposed hereditary properties of diseases, containing remarks on the unfounded terrors and ill-judged cautions consequent on such erroneous opinions; with notes, illustrative of the subject, particularly in madness and scrofula.

Adams was a pioneer in medical genetics. He distinguished between familial and hereditary diseases, saw that an increase in hereditary disease frequency in isolated areas could be caused by inbreeding, and suggested t…

2005 CE

#11335

Characterization of the reconstructed 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic virus.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Tumpey, Basler, Aguilar... Taubenberger. Reconstruction of the genome of the 1918 Spanish Influenza virus from frozen tissue samples from a mass grave of victims of the…

2020 CE

#11877

Clades of huge phages from across Earth's ecosystems.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Al-Shayeb, Sachdeva, Chen.... Doudna. Open access, available from nature.com at this link. This paper was a collaboration of about 50 scientists of diverse regions and …

1998 CE

#11342

Complete genome sequence of treponema pallidum, the syphilis spirochete.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Fraser, Norris, Weinstock....Smith, Venter. Sequence of the genome of the bacterium that causes syphilis. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

1998 CE

#11998

Deciphering the biology of Mycobacterium tuberculosis from the complete genome sequence.

Abstract: "Countless millions of people have died from tuberculosis, a chronic infectious disease caused by the tubercle bacillus. The complete genome sequence of the best-characterized strain of Mycobacterium tubercu…

1946 CE

#255.4

Gene recombination in Escherichia coli.

Discovery of sexual processes in the reproduction of bacteria. In 1958 Lederberg shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Tatum and Beadle (No. 254.3) "for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination…

1949 CE

#2526.1

Genetic recombinations leading to production of active bacteriophage from ultraviolet inactivated bacteriophage particles.

In 1969 Luria shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in with Delbrück (No. 2578.5) and A. D. Hershey (No. 256) "for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of vi…

2007 CE

#11338

Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Nene, Wortman, Lawson.... Sequence of the genome of the mosquito that transmits Zika, Yellow fever, Dengue, Chikungunya, etc. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference a…

2002 CE

#11336

Genome sequence of the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

Order of authorship in the original paper: Gardner, Hall, Fung.... Genome of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite carried by the mosquito that causes malaria in humans. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its i…

2014 CE

#11340

Genome sequence of the Tsetse Fly (Glossina morsitans): Vector of African Tyrpanosomiasis.

The Internation Glossina Genome Initiative consisted of 179 collaborators. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

2017 CE

#10945

Genomic epidemiology reveals multiple introductions of Zika virus into the United States.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Grubaugh, Ladner, Kraemer. The authors found that the Zika virus was introduced into Florida at least 4 times, but perhaps as many as 40 times, before it was detected, …

1921 CE

#10196

Le bactériophage: Son rôle dans l'immunité.

D'Hérrelle cited several actual reports of successful treatment of bacterial infections by the injection of bacteriophages in animals and humans. These may be considered early attempts at direct gene transfer i…

1981 CE

#9175

Molecular cloning of poliovirus cDNA and determination of the complete nucleotide sequence of the viral genome.

The poliovirus genome. Digital facsimile from PNAS through PubMedCentral at this link.

2014 CE

#11341

Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Brelsfoard, Tsiamis, Falchetto....The authors suggested that infection by Wolbachia may give a reproductive advantage to the fly that carries the parasite causing Sleep…

1981 CE

#9176

Primary structure, gene organization and polypeptide expression of poliovirus RNA.

The poliovirus genome. With around 10 co-authors. "The primary structure of the poliovirus genome has been determined. The RNA molecule is 7,433 nucleotides long, polyadenylated at the 3′ terminus, and covalentl…

1990 CE

#7966

The emergence of bacterial genetics.

2005 CE

#11339

The genome of the African trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei.

Genome of the parasite that causes Sleeping Sickness. (Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)

2002 CE

#11337

The genome sequence of the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae.

Order of authorship in the original publication: Holt, Subramanian, Halpern.... Sequence of the genome of Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito that carries the malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. (Thanks to Juan Weiss…

2003 CE

#10863

The genome sequence of the SARS-associated coronavirus.

Dated May 30, 2003 and published immediately after No. 10862 in the same issue of Science, this reported the work of Marco Marra and his team in Canada. Order of authorship in the published paper was Marra, Jones, Ast…

1995 CE

#11343

Whole-genome random sequencing and assembly of Haemophilus influenzae Rd.

First sequence of the complete genome of a free-living non-viral organism—Haemophilus influenzae—the bacterium that causes lower respiratory tract infections and meningitis in infants and young children. T…