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Examples of mathematical modeling: tales from the crypt.
Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.) - 1 Sept 2007
Johnston Matthew D, Edwards Carina M, Bodmer Walter F, Maini Philip K, Chapman S Jonathan
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Mathematical modeling is being increasingly recognized within the biomedical sciences as an important tool that can aid the understanding of biological systems. The heavily regulated cell renewal cycle in the colonic crypt provides a good example of how modeling can be used to find out key features of the system kinetics, and help to explain both the breakdown of homeostasis and the initiation of tumorigenesis....
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