Everything about Becquerel

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

1. Read the overview: BecquerelA 5-minute orientation
2. Skim a recent paper: Humoral immune evasion of the omicron subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBBInfluential work since 2022
3. Pick up a classic book: BodhicaryavatāraThe most-reprinted book on the subject
4. Read the landmark paper: Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariantsCited 914 times
5. Go sideways: Curie (unit)A closely related topic
6. Go sideways: Specific activityA closely related topic

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

• Alarming antibody evasion properties of rising SARS-CoV-2 BQ and XBB subvariants

  Qian Wang, Sho Iketani, Zhiteng Li · 2023 · Cell · 914 citations

• Biochemical and pharmacological profile of a potent and selective endothelin B-receptor antagonist, BQ-788.

  K Ishikawa, M Ihara, K Noguchi · 1994 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 471 citations

• Low neutralization of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.2.75.2, BQ.1.1 and XBB.1 by parental mRNA vaccine or a BA.5 bivalent booster

  Chaitanya Kurhade, Jing Zou, Hongjie Xia · 2022 · Nature Medicine · 391 citations

• Efficacy of Antiviral Agents against Omicron Subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB

  Masaki Imai, Mutsumi Ito, Maki Kiso · 2023 · New England Journal of Medicine · 263 citations

• Patient-related barriers to pain management: the barriers questionnaire II (BQ-II)

  Sigridur Gunnarsdottir, Heidi S. Donovan, Ronald C. Serlin · 2002 · Pain · 254 citations

• Enhanced neutralization resistance of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants BQ.1, BQ.1.1, BA.4.6, BF.7, and BA.2.75.2

  Panke Qu, John P. Evans, Julia N. Faraone · 2023 · Cell Host & Microbe · 248 citations

• Neutralization against BA.2.75.2, BQ.1.1, and XBB from mRNA Bivalent Booster

  Meredith E. Davis-Gardner, Lilin Lai, Bushra Wali · 2023 · New England Journal of Medicine · 242 citations

• Substantial Neutralization Escape by SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants BQ.1.1 and XBB.1

  Jessica Miller, Nicole P. Hachmann, Ai-ris Y. Collier · 2023 · New England Journal of Medicine · 223 citations

🆕 Influential since 2022

• Humoral immune evasion of the omicron subvariants BQ.1.1 and XBB

  Ryuta Uraki, Mutsumi Ito, Yuri Furusawa · 2023 · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 184 citations

• Resistance of Omicron subvariants BA.2.75.2, BA.4.6, and BQ.1.1 to neutralizing antibodies

  Delphine Planas, Timothée Bruel, Isabelle Staropoli · 2023 · Nature Communications · 181 citations

• Neutralization of BA.4–BA.5, BA.4.6, BA.2.75.2, BQ.1.1, and XBB.1 with Bivalent Vaccine

  Jing Zou, Chaitanya Kurhade, Sohil Patel · 2023 · New England Journal of Medicine · 160 citations

• Convergent evolution of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron subvariants leading to the emergence of BQ.1.1 variant

  Jumpei Ito, Rigel Suzuki, Keiya Uriu · 2023 · Nature Communications · 148 citations

• Omicron sublineage BQ.1.1 resistance to monoclonal antibodies

  Prerna Arora, Amy Kempf, Inga Nehlmeier · 2023 · The Lancet Infectious Diseases · 142 citations

📚 Books worth reading

• BodhicaryavatāraŚāntideva · 1920
• Bar do thos grolKarma Lingpa · 1957
• Being peaceThích Nhất Hạnh, Jane Goodall · 1987
• Zen Buddhism and its influence on Japanese cultureDaisetsu Teitaro Suzuki · 1938
• MūlamadhyamakakārikāNāgārjuna · 1970
• The Heart of UnderstandingThích Nhất Hạnh · 1987
• A survey of BuddhismSangharakshita Bhikshu · 1957
• The heart of the Buddha's teachingThích Nhất Hạnh · 1998

Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.

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