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The self/nonself theory in immunology and antibody humanization

  • PHILOSOPHY·THOUGHT·CULTURE
  • 2021, (37), pp.126~146
  • DOI : 10.33639/ptc.2021..37.006
  • Publisher : Research Institute for East-West Thought
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : October 30, 2021
  • Accepted : November 24, 2021
  • Published : November 30, 2021

Yoonjoo Choi 1

1전남대학교

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ABSTRACT

The philosophy of immunology tackles the problems of immunology. As immunology has many practical applications, the problem of immunology is closely related to our daily lives. Here, I inquire into the core theory of immunology: the discrimination between “self” and “nonself”. I also show that the concepts of humanness and humanization in the development of therapeutic antibodies are essentially an extended view of the self/nonself dichotomy.

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