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Advancements in Biology: Perturbing Cells, Characterizing Cells Genomically, and the Importance of Scale and Depth of Information
This chapter discusses the advancements in the field of biology in the years 2011 and 2012, focusing on three major developments. It explores the ability to perturb cells to understand their operation individually and in systems, the ability to characterize cells genomically at an individual level, and the importance of scale and depth of information in answering difficult biological questions.