IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Systems Biology Applied to Cancer Research

Systems Biology Applied to Cancer Research
View Sample PDF
Author(s): R. Seigneuric (GROW Research Institute, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands), N.A.W. van Riel (Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands), M.H.W. Starmans (GROW Research Institute, University of Maastricht, The Netherlands)and A. van Erk (University of Maastricht, The Netherlands)
Copyright: 2009
Pages: 15
Source title: Handbook of Research on Systems Biology Applications in Medicine
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Andriani Daskalaki (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-076-9.ch020

Purchase

View Systems Biology Applied to Cancer Research on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

Complex diseases such as cancer have multiple origins and are therefore difficult to understand and cure. Highly parallel technologies such as DNA microarrays are now available. These provide a data deluge which needs to be mined for relevant information and integrated to existing knowledge at different scales. Systems Biology is a recent field which intends to overcome these challenges by combining different disciplines and provide an analytical framework. Some of these challenges are discussed in this chapter.

Related Content

David Edson Ribeiro, Valter Augusto de Freitas Barbosa, Clarisse Lins de Lima, Ricardo Emmanuel de Souza, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos. © 2021. 15 pages.
Juliana Carneiro Gomes, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Clarisse Lins de Lima, Ricardo Emmanuel de Souza, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos. © 2021. 12 pages.
Maíra Araújo de Santana, Jessiane Mônica Silva Pereira, Clarisse Lins de Lima, Maria Beatriz Jacinto de Almeida, José Filipe Silva de Andrade, Thifany Ketuli Silva de Souza, Rita de Cássia Fernandes de Lima, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos. © 2021. 19 pages.
Jessiane Mônica Silva Pereira, Maíra Araújo de Santana, Clarisse Lins de Lima, Rita de Cássia Fernandes de Lima, Sidney Marlon Lopes de Lima, Wellington Pinheiro dos Santos. © 2021. 25 pages.
Adriel dos Santos Araujo, Roger Resmini, Maira Beatriz Hernandez Moran, Milena Henriques de Sousa Issa, Aura Conci. © 2021. 35 pages.
Abir Baâzaoui, Walid Barhoumi. © 2021. 21 pages.
Marcus Costa de Araújo, Luciete Alves Bezerra, Kamila Fernanda Ferreira da Cunha Queiroz, Nadja A. Espíndola, Ladjane Coelho dos Santos, Francisco George S. Santos, Rita de Cássia Fernandes de Lima. © 2021. 44 pages.
Body Bottom