Physiome -- the scientific view of "life as a whole"

Physiome -- the scientific view of "life as a whole"
For some centuries, scientists have been investigating the human body as though it were a collection of machine-like components. While it has been profitable to proceed one organ at a time, it has been thought for at least 20 years that there is much to be gained by taking a more intergrated view of the body, to see it as a hierarchy of functionality from the very low level of "genome" to the highest level called "physiome". In that word we are to hear the concept of "life as a whole".

New Zealand has several scientists pursuing this approach and one, particularly, does so on a world scale, alternating his attentions between New Zealand and Britain.

This week's guest In Conversation with Noel Cheer on Triangle Television is Professor Peter Hunter who is currently both Director of the Bioengineeering Institute at the University of Auckland and Director of Computational Physiology at Oxford University in England.

Triangle Television, Wednesday June 6th at 7:00pm and repeated Thursday June 7th at 12:30pm.

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ENDS
Noel Cheer
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