The Role of “Missile” and “Targeting” Metaphors in Nanomedicine
In this paper I suggest that the “missile” and the “targeting” metaphors in research on nanoparticle-based drug delivery play different roles. I argue that the “missile” plays a marginal scientific role and a more important role in communication, while “targeting” has become an organizing metaphor f...
Main Author: | Gry Oftedal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | deu |
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Éditions Kimé
2019-02-01
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Series: | Philosophia Scientiæ |
Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/philosophiascientiae/1742 |
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