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ArticleForschende Komplementarmedizin (2006)2012

Analyzing heterogeneous complexity in complementary and alternative medicine research: a systems biology solution via parsimony phylogenetics.

Mones Abu-Asab, Mary Koithan, Joan Shaver, Hakima Amri

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Article in Forschende Komplementarmedizin (2006), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Computational Tools for Parsimony Phylogenetic Analysis of Omics Data.Omics : a journal of integrative biology · 2015
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Mones Abu-AsabLaboratory of Pathology, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Mary Koithan
Joan Shaver
Hakima Amri

Funding

Intramural NIH HHS Z99 EY999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Systems biology offers cutting-edge tools for the study of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). The advent of 'omics' techniques and the resulting avalanche of scientific data have introduced an unprecedented level of complexity and heterogeneous data to biomedical research, leading to the development of novel research approaches. Statistical averaging has its limitations and is unsuitable for the analysis of heterogeneity, as it masks diversity by homogenizing otherwise heterogeneous populations. Unfortunately, most researchers are unaware of alternative methods of analysis capable of accounting for individual variability. This paper describes a systems biology solution to data complexity through the application of parsimony phylogenetic analysis. Maximum parsimony (MP) provides a data-based modeling paradigm that will permit a priori stratification of the study cohort(s), better assessment of early diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment efficacy within each stratum, and a method that could be used to explore, identify and describe complex human patterning.

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Biomedical ResearchGenomicsPhylogenyAlgorithmsCell Transformation, NeoplasticComplementary TherapiesCooperative BehaviorGene Expression Regulation, NeoplasticHumansInterdisciplinary CommunicationMaleModels, GeneticOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisPhilosophy, MedicalPrecision MedicineProstatic Neoplasms

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PMID22327551
PMCPMC3292783

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