Overview
- Up to date view on carcinogenesis
- Original concepts in evolutionary biology
- Innovative anticancer research tips
- Provocative ethics
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About this book
A long time has passed since the war act on Cancer declared by former USA president Nixon, almost half a century ago. Today, after so many years of feverish research and uncountable efforts worldwide, the end of the war appears far as ever, whereas the fight is leading researchers to newer and newer battlefronts while frontiers in bioscience are continuously being surpassed.
In this scenario, “The Selfish Cell” is a script record of the most important strategic points gathered during these years of war, with the goal to provide solid ground onto which to step ahead for future assaults against this terrible disease. At the same time, it is an attempt to shift the debate on cancer toward a more peaceful and possibly productive semantic terrain, where to reflect with the aid of superior wisdom to finally get out of that terrible chaos of fight and death dominating our days. In this perspective, “The selfish cell” becomes an occasion for reflecting the limits of our human selfishness and their consequences on both our social and natural environment.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Selfish Cell
Book Subtitle: An Evolutionary Defeat
Authors: Matteo Conti
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-8642-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-8641-0Published: 26 August 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7941-1Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-8642-7Published: 25 July 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 90
Topics: Cancer Research, Oncology, Molecular Ecology, Ethics, Evolutionary Biology