Implications of 'postmodern biology' for pathology: The Cell Doctrine

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 335-344

  Theise, Neil D ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell Doctrine; Complexity; Emergence; Stem cells; Stochasticity; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TRANSPORT; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; EXPERIMENTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; HEALTH; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STATISTICS; STEM CELL; THEORY; TISSUE; UNCERTAINTY;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CELL PHYSIOLOGY; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELLS; UNCERTAINTY;

EID: 33645313200     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: 15300307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/labinvest.3700401     Document Type: Review

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