Systems Biology Meets Systemic Medicine: The Old, the New and the Blue

Abstract

Breakthroughs in technology that deliver fast and accurate molecular biology data, together with the use of advanced software, and analytical methods made possible quantitative accumulation of biological information leading to a qualitative evolution. Sequencing of human genome was of the first door to the era of systemic understanding in life sciences. The paper reviews the emerging concepts of systems biology, systems medicine and their potential benefits in science and practice.