Sorger Lab

In certain respects, cells are less like machines and more like people. True, they have lots of components, but they also have lots of personality. For example, when specific groups of people are studied in aggregate (conservatives, liberals, atheists, evangelicals), they appear to be fairly uniform and predictable. But when looked at one person at […]

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April 12, 2009 David Cameron Harvard Medical School In certain respects, cells are less like machines and more like people. True, they have lots of components, but they also have lots of personality. For example, when specific groups of people are studied in aggregate (conservatives, liberals, atheists, evangelicals), they appear to be fairly uniform and predictable. But when looked at one person at a time, individuals often break the preconceptions. Same with cells. Researchers tend to identify characteristics of particular cells by looking at millions at a time. As a result, they’ll find that, say, “group A” responds very well to a particular cancer treatment, whereas “group B” does not. They will then often compare group A to group B to find out why. […]

Bio-IT World, on September 12, 2007, published an article the development of the field of systems biology. The article mentions Merrimack Pharmaceuticals and Peter Sorger. Original artcle.