Abstract：
:System approaches in biology have a long history. We focus here on the thinking of Paul A. Weiss and Ludwig von Bertalanffy, who contributed a great deal towards making the system concept operable in biology in the early 20th century. To them, considering whole living systems, which includes their organisation or order, is equally important as the dynamics within systems and the interplay between different levels from molecules over cells to organisms. They also called for taking the intrinsic activity of living systems and the conservation of system states into account. We compare these notions with today's systems biology, which is often a bottom-up approach from molecular dynamics to cellular behaviour. We conclude that bringing together the early heuristics with recent formalisms and novel experimental set-ups can lead to fruitful results and understanding.
journal_name
Semin Cancer Bioljournal_title
Seminars in cancer biologyauthors
Drack M,Wolkenhauer Odoi
10.1016/j.semcancer.2011.05.001subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-06-01 00:00:00pages
150-5issue
3eissn
1044-579Xissn
1096-3650pii
S1044-579X(11)00030-7journal_volume
21pub_type
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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journal_title：Seminars in cancer biology
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