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Life, logic and information

Nature volume 454, pages 424–426 (2008)Cite this article

Focusing on information flow will help us to understand better how cells and organisms work.

But comprehensive understanding of many higher-level biological phenomena remains elusive. Even at the level of the cell, phenomena such as general cellular homeostasis and the maintenance of cell integrity, the generation of spatial and temporal order, inter- and intracellular signalling, cell 'memory' and reproduction are not fully understood.

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I would like to thank members of my laboratory and Emily Nurse for their helpful comments on this article.

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