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Clark William R. <1938-> |
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The new healers [[electronic resource] ] : the promise and problems of molecular medicine in the twenty-first century / / William R. Clark |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1997 |
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1-280-53522-9 |
9786610535224 |
0-19-977450-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (256 p.) |
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Gene therapy |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-236) and index. |
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Cover; Contents; Prologue; 1. In the Beginning: The Discovery of Genes; 2. Cystic Fibrosis; 3. DNA and the Language of Genes; 4. Severe Combined Immunodeficiency Disease; 5. The Isolation, Cloning, and Transfer of Human Genes; 6. The Journey Begins: The Clinical Trials for ADA-SCID; 7. The Clinical Trials for Cystic Fibrosis; 8. Gene Therapy for Monogenic Disorders: What Have We Learned, and Where Are We Going?; 9. Gene Therapy for Cancer; 10. Molecular Medicine and AIDS; 11. Naked DNA: The Vaccine of the Future; 12. The Human Genome Project; 13. The Ethics of Molecular Medicine |
Further ReadingGlossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; Y; Z; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
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Science and medicine have provided us with clues to the treatment of a few genetic diseases, although by their very nature they have never been considered curable. But, as William R. Clark shows, that is about to change through one of the most profound revolutions in modern medicine: gene therapy, a branch of the new field of molecular medicine. Clark takes us to the laboratories which have been able to isolate human genes, to make billions of copies of them, and to reintroduce healthy genes into unfortunate individuals who have |
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inherited damaged or functionless genes. The New Healers outlines |
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UNINA9910866582703321 |
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Autore |
Johansson Lars-Göran |
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A Primer to Causal Reasoning About a Complex World / / by Lars-Göran Johansson, Thomas Banitz, Volker Grimm, Tilman Hertz, Emilie Lindkvist, Rodrigo Martínez Peña, Sonja Radosavljevic, Petri Ylikoski, Maja Schlüter |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2024 |
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[1st ed. 2024.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (149 pages) |
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SpringerBriefs in Philosophy, , 2211-4556 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BanitzThomas |
GrimmVolker |
HertzTilman |
LindkvistEmilie |
Martínez PeñaRodrigo |
RadosavljevicSonja |
YlikoskiPetri |
SchlüterMaja |
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Science - Philosophy |
Sustainability |
Ecology |
Philosophy of Science |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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Chapter 1. Introduction: Causation in Social-Ecological Systems -- Part I: Semantics of causal expressions -- Chapter 2. Causal Talk Permeates Ordinary Language -- Chapter 3. Causal Talk is Fundamental -- Chapter 4. Causation, Counterfactual Dependence and Potential Outcomes -- Part II: Causation in Science -- Chapter 5. Causal Relations and Causal Relata in Science -- Chapter 6. Causation, Laws and Regularities -- Chapter 7. Inferences from Statistics to Causation |
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-- Chapter 8. Causal Explanations -- Part III: Causation in Complex SES -- Chapter 9. Causation in Social-Ecological Systems Research -- Part IV: Appendices -- A How Does a Theory Relate to Reality? -- B Models -- C. Confidence Intervals and Correlations. |
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This open access book is about causal thinking and the use of causal language, with a focus on introducing philosophical ideas about causation to students and researchers of Social-Ecological Systems (SES). It takes a systematic approach to three central topics: the meanings of different causal expressions, sufficiency of evidence for inferences from observations to causal relations, and how to handle the complexity of causal relations in social-ecological systems. Consequently, the book is divided into three parts. In the first part the authors analyse and discuss the use of causal idiom in ordinary language, and in the second part they scrutinise the use of causal concepts and causal inference in science. Finally, the authors discuss causal reasoning about social-ecological systems in multi- and interdisciplinary contexts. This book provides an analysis of the concept of causation useful in the empirical sciences, where causal notions and idioms often are used without sufficient reflection. Empirical sciences often use causal idiom drawn from ordinary language, and similarly there is little formalisation of causal language and technical concepts in the humanities and social sciences. This book is a valuable resource for the application of current philosophical discussions about the concept of causation, in particular when applied to the analysis of social-ecological systems, but also when applied to research in the sciences and humanities. |
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