Reductionism and complexity in molecular biology. Scientists now have the tools to unravel biological and overcome the limitations of reductionism

EMBO Rep. 2004 Nov;5(11):1016-20. doi: 10.1038/sj.embor.7400284.

Author

Marc H V Van Regenmortel¹

Affiliation

¹ Ecole Supérieure de Biotechnologie de Strasbourg at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) in Strasbourg, France. vanregen@esbs.u-strasbg.fr

Abstract

Scientists now have the tools to unravel biological complexity and overcome the limitations of reductionism

MeSH terms

Animals
Biological Products
Biology
Humans
Models, Biological
Molecular Biology / methods*
Molecular Biology / trends*
Philosophy
Science
Vaccines

Substances

Biological Products
Vaccines