Relationship between system biology and traditional Chinese constitutional medicine
- Author:
Weirong ZHANG
;
Jing LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Journal of Integrative Medicine
2006;4(6):575-8
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Life system and medicine are both complex systems. Recently, traditional biologists have acquired tremendous data from high-speed development of all kinds of species group. However, how to use these data to interpret the mechanisms of diseases and health has become the research target of current investigators. The booms of system biology provide new thought and research methods to tackle this problem. This paper emphasizes the relationship between system biology and traditional Chinese constitutional medicine.