Other companies, including Novartis, have done work in the systems biology arena.

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In some cases, drug companies may want to avoid interfering with key proteins to avoid too many unintended side effects, says Marc Vidal, director of the Center for Cancer Systems Biology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

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Researchers there conduct studies in astrophysics, biology, medicine, geology, glaciology and ocean and climate systems.

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