Mother nature and second nature: bridging the divide

Neoatherosclerosis: fooling mother nature.

Transplantation tolerance: fooling mother nature.

Foreignness is threatening. The immune system, the primary arbiter of self and nonself, will reject an organ transplant unless constrained by life-long administration of multiple immune suppressive drugs. Immunosuppressive therapy, while facilitating graft success, heightens susceptibility to infection and the development of malignancy. The challenge then is to educate the immune system to tole...

The Nature and Structure of Ethical Papers

Nowadays, because of their innovative and scholarly nature, the scientific-research articles are taken into account as the best and sometimes the only judging criterion of their authors and scientific community. Therefore, all those who work in the academic fields and are working as A.M. and doctorate students or teachers are required to test their proficiency and to show that they are qualifie...

Maternal immunisation: collaborating with mother nature.

Maternal immunisation has the potential to substantially reduce morbidity and mortality from infectious diseases after birth. The success of tetanus, influenza, and pertussis immunisation during pregnancy has led to consideration of additional maternal immunisation strategies to prevent group B streptococcus and respiratory syncytial virus infections, among others. However, many gaps in knowled...

Human development, nature and nurture: Working beyond the divide

In this essay, I explore what social science might contribute to building a better understanding of relations between ‘nature’ and ‘nurture’ in human development. I first outline changing scientific perspectives on the role of the environment in the developmental and behavioural sciences, beginning with a general historical view of the developmental science of human potentials in the twentieth ...