title: [Systems biology is a bridge of integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine].
abstract: The integration of Chinese medicine (CM) and Western medicine (WM) is the only way for the development of medicine, and it is the best form for unifying systems theory and reductionism. In this paper, systems biology and its application in medical research were discussed. The authors put forward that systems biology may possibly interpret the scientific connotation of the complex theoretic systems of CM, which will make WM to well know the human body and disease. We hold that systems biology is a bridge of integrated CM and WM.
authors.affiliation: Animal Experiment Center, Department of Technology, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing 210046, China.
authors.forename: Hai-Bin
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Hai-Bo
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Hong-Guang
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Mian-Hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D055048:Integrative Medicine; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional; D049490:Systems Biology