Physiome

The physiome of an individual's or species' physiological state is the description of its functional behavior. The physiome describes the physiological dynamics of the normal intact organism and is built upon information and structure (genome, proteome, and morphome). The term comes from "physio-" (nature) and "-ome" (as a whole).

The concept of a physiome project was presented to the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS) by its Commission on Bioengineering in Physiology in 1993. A workshop on designing the Physiome Project was held in 1997. At its world congress in 2001, the IUPS designated the project as a major focus for the next decade.[1] The project is led by the Physiome Commission of the IUPS.[2]

Other research initiatives related to the physiome include:

See also

References

  1. Hunter, Peter J.; Thomas K. Borg (March 2003). "Integration from proteins to organs: the Physiome Project". Nature Reviews. Molecular Cell Biology. 4 (3): 237–243. doi:10.1038/nrm1054. PMID 12612642.
  2. "Welcome to the NSR Physiome Project". NSR Physiome Project. 28 October 2008. Retrieved 13 December 2008.
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