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Letter: A systems-level view of the human body

Published 18 February 2026

From Carl Hinton, Northampton, UK

The growing recognition that the human body functions as an integrated, communicative whole, rather than a collection of isolated organs, is a welcome and important development. This systems-level view helps explain why ageing and disease are often body-wide phenomena. What is especially striking is how much remains unresolved. This should encourage intellectual humility as well as curiosity (7 February, p 30).

Issue no. 3583 published 21 February 2026

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