Network Biology: Applications in Medicine and Biotechnology (Verkkobiologia: Laaketieteellisia ja Bioteknisia Sovelluksia)

摘要

The concept of systems biology emerged over the last decade in order to address advances in experimental techniques. It aims to characterize biological systems comprehensively as a complex network of interactions between the systems components. Network biology has become a core research domain of systems biology. It uses a graph theoretic approach. Many advances in complex network theory have contributed to this approach, and it has led to practical applications spanning from disease elucidation to biotechnology during the last few years.