The effects of COVID-19 on the placenta during pregnancy

HS Rad, J Röhl, N Stylianou, MC Allenby… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has caused a global pandemic. The virus primarily affects the …

Agent-based methods facilitate integrative science in cancer

J West, M Robertson-Tessi, ARA Anderson - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
In this opinion, we highlight agent-based modeling as a key tool for exploration of cell–cell
and cell–environment interactions that drive cancer progression, therapeutic resistance, and …

The harsh microenvironment in early breast cancer selects for a Warburg phenotype

M Damaghi, J West, M Robertson-Tessi, L Xu… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
The harsh microenvironment of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) exerts strong evolutionary
selection pressures on cancer cells. We hypothesize that the poor metabolic conditions near …

Normal tissue architecture determines the evolutionary course of cancer

J West, RO Schenck, C Gatenbee… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Cancer growth can be described as a caricature of the renewal process of the tissue of
origin, where the tissue architecture has a strong influence on the evolutionary dynamics …

Materials design innovations in optimizing cellular behavior on melt electrowritten (MEW) scaffolds

BL Devlin, MC Allenby, J Ren… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The field of melt electrowriting (MEW) has seen significant progress, bringing innovative
advancements to the fabrication of biomaterial scaffolds, and creating new possibilities for …

Mathematical modelling reveals cellular dynamics within tumour spheroids

JA Bull, F Mech, T Quaiser, SL Waters… - PLoS computational …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Tumour spheroids are widely used as an in vitro assay for characterising the dynamics and
response to treatment of different cancer cell lines. Their popularity is largely due to the …

[HTML][HTML] Mathematical modeling of radiotherapy and its impact on tumor interactions with the immune system

RA Bekker, S Kim, S Pilon-Thomas, H Enderling - Neoplasia, 2022 - Elsevier
Radiotherapy is a primary therapeutic modality widely utilized with curative intent.
Traditionally tumor response was hypothesized to be due to high levels of cell death …

The hallmarks of mathematical oncology

JA Bull, HM Byrne - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the past 25 years, there has been an unparalleled increase in understanding of cancer
biology. This transformation is exemplified by Hanahan and Weinberg's decision in 2011 to …

Spontaneous cell fusions as a mechanism of parasexual recombination in tumour cell populations

D Miroshnychenko, E Baratchart… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
The initiation and progression of cancers reflect the underlying process of somatic evolution,
in which the diversification of heritable phenotypes provides a substrate for natural selection …

Spatial structure impacts adaptive therapy by sha** intra-tumoral competition

MAR Strobl, J Gallaher, J West… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Background Adaptive therapy aims to tackle cancer drug resistance by leveraging resource
competition between drug-sensitive and resistant cells. Here, we present a theoretical study …