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Waking up from transhumanist dreams: reframing cancer in an evolving universe

Scientia et Fides, 2019
Technological dystopias incarnate transhumanist dreams of a this-worldly blissful immortality. Underlying these and others is a globalized technocratic paradigm, the loss of an overarching cosmic world view, rise in consumerism, a gnostic repudiation of ...
Geoffrey Woollard
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A note on Huemer’s Claim to immortality

Principia: An International Journal of Epistemology, 2020
According to Huemer (2019), existence is evidence of immortality, provided past time is infinite. The argument is based on, inter alia, an alleged contradiction between the fact of one’s existence now and its improbability.
Inge-Bert Täljedal
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Time in the ontology of Cornelius Castoriadis [PDF]

, 2017
We can locate the problematic of time within three philosophical questions, which respectively designate three central areas of philosophical reflection and contemplation. These are: 1) The ontological question, i.e.
Schismenos, Alexandros
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Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 (PCSK9) Inhibition and Cancer Risk: Insights from a Large Propensity‐Matched Cohort Study

Clinical Pharmacology &Therapeutics, EarlyView.
Proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 (PCSK9) monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) lower LDL cholesterol and may influence cancer through immunomodulatory pathways. However, their effect on human cancer incidence remains unknown. We conducted a retrospective, propensity score‐matched study (Clalit Health Services, Israel, 2010–2023) comparing PCSK9 ...
Inbar Nardi Agmon, Chen Gurevitz, Tzippy Shochat, Shiri Kushnir, Guy Witberg, Amos Levi, Dan Gilon, Ran Kornowski, Paaladinesh Thavendiranathan, Husam Abdel Qadir, Zaza Iakobishvili   +10 more
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La saveur de l’immortalité : les mille et une vertus de l’ambroisie et du nectar dans la tradition homérique

Pallas, 2018
Nectar and ambrosia are often considered the drink and the food of the gods. But if the gods are eternal, why should they need to drink and eat? To put it differently, is it a necessity for the gods to nourish themselves in order to keep on being ...
Adeline Grand-Clément
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On Quentin Meillassoux and the Problem of Evil

Open Theology, 2020
The problem of evil and the injustice it brings out has a long history in western philosophy and it has been one of the core arguments against the existence of God as an all-powerful and all-good Being.
Mangion Claude
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Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (2017) edited by Daniel Helen [PDF]

, 2018
Book review by Amy Amendt-Raduege of Death and Immortality in Middle-earth (2017), edited by Daniel ...
Amendt-Raduege, Amy
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Brave New Worlds: Transcending the Humanities/STEM Divide through Creative Writing [PDF]

, 2020
Creative writing offers a critical and innovative form of inquiry promoting integrative learning that transcends disciplinary barriers. Authors first provide an overview of the scholarship on creative writing pedagogy, its unique capacity to engage a ...
Tehrani, Zahra, Watkins, Adam
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eGFR slope as predictor of mortality in heart failure patients

ESC Heart Failure, Volume 12, Issue 2, Page 1217-1226, April 2025.
Abstract Aims Heart failure (HF) leads to an imbalance between heart and kidney function, resulting in poor outcomes. However, the prognostic significance of the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) trajectory in HF patients remains unclear. We analysed electronic health records (EHRs) of real‐world HF patients, assessing eGFR trajectories and ...
Sofie Verstreken, Monika Beles, Clara L. Oeste, Ana Moya, Imke Masuy, Riet Dierckx, Ward Heggermont, Jeroen Dauw, Dries Hens, Jozef Bartunek, Marc Vanderheyden   +10 more
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Cytogerontology since 1881: A reappraisal of August Weismann and a review of modern progress [PDF]

, 1982
Cytogerontology, the science of cellular ageing, originated in 1881 with the prediction by August Weismann that the somatic cells of higher animals have limited division potential.
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