1. Post-natal stem cells as participants in complex systems and the emergence of tissue integrity and function
- Author
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Mehboob A, Hussain, Neil D, Theise, and Neil D, Thiese
- Subjects
Reductionism ,business.industry ,Pediatric diabetes ,Stem Cells ,Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Interpretation (philosophy) ,Perspective (graphical) ,Models, Biological ,Epistemology ,Systems theory ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,Diabetes Mellitus ,Internal Medicine ,Animals ,Humans ,Medicine ,Computer Simulation ,Stem cell ,business ,Function (engineering) ,Stem Cell Transplantation ,media_common - Abstract
This issue of Pediatric Diabetes contains articles with scientific data, their interpretation, and a discussion of the respective field of stem cells and diabetes – its achievements and controversies. Through our daily laboratory activities, we employ a reductionist approach and often a deterministic interpretation of data. We would like to make this contribution a means of adding a somewhat different perspective to this collection of essays. This conceptual piece is merely intended to be an invitation to further thoughts and discussions.
- Published
- 2004