Cancer Stem Cells: Philosophy And Therapies

A new therapeutic strategy could break the stalemate in the war on cancer by targeting not all cancerous cells but the small fraction that lie at the root of cancers. Lucie Laplane offers a comprehensive analysis of cancer stem cell theory, based on an original interdisciplinary approach that combines biology, biomedical history, and philosophy.

• | Author: Lucie Laplane
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Jun 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 272 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Medical
• | ISBN-10: 0674088743
• | ISBN-13: 9780674088740