Systems biology has its backers and attackers From: The Scientist | Date: October 6, 2003| Author: Fogarty, Mignon | Copyright The Scientist, Inc. Oct 6, 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

Revolution or buzzword du jour, pundits ponder a pervasive term | By Mignon Fogarty

Though coined 40 years ago,1 a lot of people still ask, "What's that?" when the term systems biology comes up. "It is used in so many different contexts, nobody is really clear what you mean by it," says John Yates III, a professor at the Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif. He's not the only one stumped by the term's meaning. David Placek, president of Sausalito, Calif.-based Lexicon Branding...