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<DIV>From <A
href="http://www.the-scientist.com/yr2003/dec/lcprofile1%5f031215.html">The
Scientist</A>: Research scientists, venture capitalists, patent attorneys, even
a biomedical professor-turned-mystery author offered their opinions on what will
be the hottest new technologies five years hence. Their responses varied
considerably. Some say bioterrorism is an imminent threat, and some say it's an
improbable one. Some say proteomics will finally bear fruit, while others say it
won't. Neural cartographers, structural biologists, and nanotechnologists will
witness advances, they say. <BR>Just as the Human Genome Project reinvented the
way scientists view and practice biology, systems biology and cellomics will
become the dominant research area, as we try to understand how all this
information fits together. Funding agencies evidently agree. In November, the
NSF announced it would spend $4 million in FY 2004 for "Quantitative Systems
Biotechnology." And last year, the National Institutes of Health launched an
initiative to create Centers of Excellence in Complex Biomedical Systems
Research. Indeed, because complex biological circuits control everything from
organ development to cancer, systems biology research could have a profound
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