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Craig Mello, a Common card
Craig Cameron Mello is an American biologist and professor in the RNA Therapeutics Institute and Program for Molecular Medicine at the University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School in Worcester, Massachusetts.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 62
- DEF
- 46
- Power
- 108
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 11,000
Power 108 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
Craig Mello quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Craig Mello card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute ______ since 2000.
Answer
investigator. Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2000. From the Craig Mello article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
He was awarded the ____ Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference.
Answer
2000s. He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference. From the Craig Mello article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Informal logic. Informal logic 66 · Craig Mello 62 · Shane Kimbrough 59 · June 2029 lunar eclipse 55 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, along with Andrew Z. Fire, for the discovery of RNA interference.
- This research was conducted at the Carnegie Institution of Washington and published in 1998.
- Mello has been a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator since 2000.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Craig Mello article was read about 11,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 62 and blocks with 46: each hit it takes is cut by 18 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, Craig Mello (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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