We all like a good story that unfolds in a straightforward way, but the story of disease plays out across a poly-nodal information network, similar to what an air traffic controller might track in the skies above a major airport. Biomedical researchers’ “lock and key” and linear-pathway representations are incomplete, and should be supplemented with disease maps that can now be built using molecular data.
但是，为了建设未来疾病网络，我们还需要超越现有科学和科学家研究工作的线性方法。我们都喜欢好消息以直观的方式展现在我们面前，但疾病信息并不是通过多节信息网络展现的（就像空中交通管制员跟踪大机场上空的痕迹那样）。生物医学研究者的“钥匙和锁”和线性表示是不完善的，必须补充以可用分子数据建设的疾病地图。