title: Systems Biology-an interdisciplinary approach.
abstract: System-level approaches in biology are not new but foundations of "Systems Biology" are achieved only now at the beginning of the 21st century [Kitano, H., 2001. Foundations of Systems Biology. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA]. The renewed interest for a system-level approach is linked to the progress in collecting experimental data and to the limits of the "reductionist" approach. System-level understanding of native biological and pathological systems is needed to provide potential therapeutic targets. Examples of interdisciplinary approach in Systems Biology are described in U.S., Japan and Europe. Robustness in biology, metabolic engineering and idiotypic networks are discussed in the framework of Systems Biology.
authors.affiliation: UMR CNRS 6022 - Génie Enzymatique et Cellulaire, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, B.P. 20529 - 60205 Compiègne Cedex, France.
authors.forename: Alain
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Friboulet
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Thomas
mesh_terms: D002468:Cell Physiological Phenomena; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008954:Models, Biological; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends; D012107:Research Design; D049490:Systems Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends