Model systems in biology : history, philosophy, and practical concerns /

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Author / Creator:Striedter, Georg F., 1962- author.
Imprint:Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022]
Description:1 online resource (1 volume)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13500936
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ISBN:9780262370028
0262370026
9780262046947
0262046946
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Instead of arguing for a specific animal model, Striedter will review the history and philosophy of animal models in biomedical research, examining their various advantages and limitations"--
Other form:Print version: Striedter, Georg F., 1962- Model systems in biology. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2022] 9780262046947

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505 0 |a Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Crises in Biomedical Research -- 1.1 The Translatability Crisis -- 1.2 The Replicability Crisis -- 1.3 Reckoning with Biological Variation -- 1.4 Which Model Is "Best"? -- 1.5 This Book's Approach and Organization -- 2. Philosophy of Models in Biology -- 2.1 Abstract Models -- 2.2 Material Models -- 2.3 Assumptions about Model Fidelity -- 2.4 Dealing with Biological Complexity -- 2.5 Animal Welfare and Cognitive Dissonance -- 2.6 Comparative Biology and August Krogh Revisited -- 3. A History of Animal Models -- 3.1 Eclectic Beginnings of Biology 
505 8 |a 3.2 Early Experimental Medicine: Research on Pet Species -- 3.3 Fruit Flies: The First Supermodel -- 3.4 Laboratory Rats: The First Standardized Mammals -- 3.5 Laboratory Mice: From Cancer Fighter to Model Organism -- 3.6 Nonhuman Primates -- 3.7 The Rest of the Menagerie -- 3.8 Model System Ecology -- 4. A History of in Vitro Models -- 4.1 Microbial Models -- 4.2 Cell and Tissue Culture Models -- 4.3 Alternative Models in Toxicology -- 4.4 Model Ecology Revisited -- 5. Models and Therapies: Infectious Diseases, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer -- 5.1 Infectious Diseases 
505 8 |a 5.2 Cardiovascular Diseases -- 5.3 Cancers -- 5.4 Patterns of Model Use -- 6. Neurological Disorders: Trials and Tribulations -- 6.1 Brain and Spinal Cord Injuries -- 6.2 Neurodegenerative Disorders -- 6.3 Neuropsychiatric Disorders -- 6.4 Successes, Failures, Hopes -- 7. Diagnosis and Recommendations -- 7.1 Four Perspectives on Models in Biology -- 7.2 Recommendations -- 7.3 Conclusion -- Appendix -- References -- Index 
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