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Science Talk

Systems Biology: The Future of Biomedical Science?

Science Talk

Scientific American

Science

4.2644 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2007

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this episode eminent biologist Leroy Hood, founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, talks about systems biology, an approach to understanding complex biological systems in their entirety, with major implications for the future of medicine. Plus we'll test your knowledge of some recent science in the news. Websites mentioned in this episode include www.systemsbiology.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to Science Talk, the weekly podcast of Scientific American for the seven days starting July 11th.

0:38.0

I'm Steve Murski.

0:39.4

This week on the podcast...

0:40.8

So I remember when I went to Caltech in 1970 and started developing a series of five different instruments

0:47.2

that basically became the foundation for modern molecular biology.

0:53.2

That's one of America's preeminent biologists,

0:55.8

Leroy Hood, co-inventor of the automated DNA sequencer.

0:59.7

Leroy Hood was described in Scientific American magazine in 1994

1:03.3

as not just one of the most influential molecular immunologists of the age.

1:08.7

He has also made a name for himself as a charismatic and astute businessman

1:12.4

who has helped launch several companies commercializing advances in biotechnology. We'll talk to Hood,

1:18.6

and we'll test your knowledge about some recent science in the news. Leroy Hood was at Caltech from

1:24.0

1970 until 1992 when Bill Gates gave the University of Washington $12 million to lure Hood there as head of a new interdisciplinary department of molecular biology.

1:34.5

And in 2000, Hood founded the Seattle-based Institute for Systems Biology. So what is Systems Biology?

1:42.9

Hood, an ex-college football player once described systems biology

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