tumour cells try to evade the immune system

Tags: cancer, immune system
Categories: Pseudo-explanations

An example of anthropomorphism in popular science writing:

"It is believed that tumour cells bobbing about in the bloodstream try to evade the immune system by coating themselves in platelets…"

Catherine Carver

Carver, C. (2017). Immune. How your body defends and protects you. Bloomsbury Sigma.

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Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.