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Will We Find a Cure for Cancer?: A Medical Biology Digest on Immunotherapy, Key Questions And Ideas To Explore
Suitable for students with a broad range of interests, this medical-biology digest explores promising new ideas in cancer treatment that have emerged in recent years, with a focus on the exciting prospects for immunotherapy in cancer treatment. Through inclusion of a range of thinking tasks and ideas for further exploration, particularly useful for those with prospective university interviews, the digest aims to encourage students to develop originality of thought and informed opinions about scientific news articles which will guide further interest in particular fields and interesting research questions.
Key Questions and Must-Reads on the Mind-Brain Debate
The infamous mind-brain (or mind-body) conundrum has stimulated debate amongst philosophers, scientists and psychologists since Aristotle in 350BC. A number of questions arise - Is the mind a product of the brain? What other animals have ‘minds?’ How might we define a mind? How can a mind be produced from a brain, but only from some brains and not others? Whether you are interested in pursuing Philosophy, Psychology/ Neuroscience, Biology, this article offers some of our top suggestions for exploration, particularly useful for those with approaching university/ Oxbridge interviews.