Immunology Meets Philosophy vol. 3

Abstract. How do we spark new scientific discoveries? Why do some breakthroughs seem even accidental? And most importantly, how can we accelerate them and

According to the similarity account, scientists use models to represent their targets by utilizing similarities in certain respects and to certain deg…

Nature Reviews Cancer - Comparative oncology combines evolutionary biology, ecology, veterinary medicine and clinical oncology to better understand cancer, for example, by identifying the molecular...

What do ordinary people think philosophy is for? That's one of the questions a pair of philosophers, Vít Gvoždiak and Martin Zach (Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences) aimed to answer. ...

Kolik je biologických pohlaví? Záleží na definici. Evoluční biologie, genetika, medicína i filosofie vědy ukazují, že pohledů je víc — a některé naznačují, že ne každý člověk pohlaví vůbec má.

Filosofie je prý mrtvá, protože neudržela krok s moderní vědou. Jaký má ale filosofie vztah k vědě? Ačkoli určitá část filosofie opravdu zaspala dobu, obecně je filosofie mnohem pestřejší, než by se m...

This Review addresses the roles of type 2 immunity in cancer and the potential for cancer immunotherapies targeting this pathway.

Can a machine understand the meanings of natural language? Recent developments in the generative large language models (LLMs) of artificial intelligence have led to the belief that traditional philoso...

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Shaped by advances in scientific instrumentation and experimental techniques, the concept of antibody has undergone profound transformations throughout the history of immunology. Serological assays, ...

Abstract. How do we drive new knowledge and science? What are their present boundaries? And how can we improve science? We still do not understand these es

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CALL FOR PAPERS: Towards Comparative Philosophy of Science (Special Issue of the Journal for General Philosophy of Science) Guest editors: Simon Lohse (Nijmegen) & Karim Bschir (St....

Professor Shimon Sakaguchi, a legend in contemporary immunology and the discoverer of a special type of white blood cells, was a guest at the Institute of Ph...