Cancer Systems Biology and Natural Products

Dear Colleagues,

Cancer systems biology has emerged because cancer is a complicated disease system involving complex molecular and genetic events. Recent developments of technologies in genomics and proteomics have provided methods and information to researchers with a holistic view of cancer and the local microenvironment, while traditional cancer research only focuses on single mutations or alterations. Natural products include naturally-produced chemical compounds or substances from any living organism. The benefits of natural products have been reported in the form of studies of traditional medicine for the treatment of several human diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease, inflammatory diseases, influenza disease, and cancer. Multi-target drugs based on natural products have been discovered, such as curcumin, resveratrol, etc., and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Natural products could be primary sources of cancer drug discovery in terms of cancer systems biology.

We propose a Special Issue on “Cancer Systems Biology and Natural Products” to publish high-quality work focusing on novel and recent advances in natural products in cancer system biology applications, including traditional medicine, biomaterials, etc. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Cancer systems biology
• Cancer microenvironment
• Natural products for cancer therapy
• Traditional medicine for cancer therapy

Prof. Dr. Bonglee Kim
Guest Editor

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