The Limits of Reductionism in Medicine: Could Systems Biology Offer an Alternative?

In the first of a two part series, Ahn and colleagues discuss the reductionist approach pervading medicine and explain how a systems approach (as advocated by systems biology) may complement reductionism.

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Autores principales: Ahn, Andrew C, Tewari, Muneesh, Poon, Chi-Sang, Phillips, Russell S
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459480/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16681415
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030208
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spelling pubmed-14594802006-06-19 The Limits of Reductionism in Medicine: Could Systems Biology Offer an Alternative? Ahn, Andrew C Tewari, Muneesh Poon, Chi-Sang Phillips, Russell S PLoS Med Essay In the first of a two part series, Ahn and colleagues discuss the reductionist approach pervading medicine and explain how a systems approach (as advocated by systems biology) may complement reductionism. Public Library of Science 2006-06 2006-05-23 /pmc/articles/PMC1459480/ /pubmed/16681415 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030208 Text en Copyright: © 2006 Ahn et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are properly credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1459480/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030208
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