October 1, 2011
Biological Complexity Under Attack
A Personal View of Systems Biology and the Coming of "Big" Science
By Leroy Hood
This is a truly remarkable time in the biological sciences. Biology now has the opportunity to effectively attack some of the most fundamental problems of society, including healthcare, agriculture, bio-energy, a sustainable environment, and nutrition.
These opportunities are a result of system strategies for probing biological complexity, emerging technologies that are allowing us to explore new dimensions of data space ...
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