Understanding pathology in the context of physiological mechanisms: the practicality of a broken-normal view |
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Authors: | Sara Moghaddam-Taaheri |
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Institution: | (1) University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA |
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Abstract: | The topic of disease mechanisms is of clinical importance, as our understanding of such mechanisms plays an important role
in how we approach devising treatments for disease. In this paper, I critique an argument made by Mauro Nervi, in which he
asserts that pathology is often better viewed in the context of distinct theoretical mechanisms. I use this critique as a
starting point to argue that viewing pathology as a broken-normal, malfunctioning mechanism is more therapeutically practical
and more relevant to clinical drug design, than creating a theoretical separation of pathology from physiology. |
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