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The Neoplastic Process and the Problems with the Attribution of Function.

Within the reductionist paradigm that has dominated the cancer research scene over the past 50 years, the definition of cancer and the explanation of its origin have always been given at the molecular genetic level. The neoplastic process is thus commonly explained as the accumulation of somatic mut...

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Published in:Biology Forum / Rivista di Biologia Vol. 102; no. 2; pp. 273 - 296
Main Author: Bertolaso, Marta
Format: Article
Published: Fabrizio Serra Editore 2009
Subjects:
Cancer research
Reductionism
Biocomplexity
Molecular genetics
Genetic mutation
Genes
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