Systems Biology

“For the past 30 years or so, biologists have been conducting one-gene-at-a-time or one-protein-at-a time studies. In contrast, systems biology suggests that biological systems should be studied by identifying all their elements, studying the interrelationship of these elements, and then explaining the system of emergent properties of these systems in terms of the element’s interaction (Leroy Hood, 2004, P.4). “