Humanised models of cancer in molecular medicine: The experimental control of disanalogy

History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-622

  Maugeri, Paolo ^a   Blasimme, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analogy; Cancer; Causation; Disease modelling; Model organism

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DISEASE MODEL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PHILOSOPHY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; NEOPLASMS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL;

EID: 84859739889     PISSN: 03919714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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