Proliferating active matter

O Hallatschek, SS Datta, K Drescher, J Dunkel… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
The fascinating patterns of collective motion created by autonomously driven particles have
fuelled active-matter research for over two decades. So far, theoretical active-matter …

The 2019 mathematical oncology roadmap

RC Rockne, A Hawkins-Daarud, KR Swanson… - Physical …, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
Whether the nom de guerre is Mathematical Oncology, Computational or Systems Biology,
Theoretical Biology, Evolutionary Oncology, Bioinformatics, or simply Basic Science, there is …

Spatial heterogeneity and evolutionary dynamics modulate time to recurrence in continuous and adaptive cancer therapies

JA Gallaher, PM Enriquez-Navas, KA Luddy… - Cancer …, 2018‏ - aacrjournals.org
Abstract Treatment of advanced cancers has benefited from new agents that supplement or
bypass conventional therapies. However, even effective therapies fail as cancer cells deploy …

Quantification of subclonal selection in cancer from bulk sequencing data

MJ Williams, B Werner, T Heide, C Curtis, CP Barnes… - Nature …, 2018‏ - nature.com
Subclonal architectures are prevalent across cancer types. However, the temporal
evolutionary dynamics that produce tumor subclones remain unknown. Here we measure …

Chemotaxis as a navigation strategy to boost range expansion

J Cremer, T Honda, Y Tang, J Wong-Ng, M Vergassola… - Nature, 2019‏ - nature.com
Bacterial chemotaxis, the directed movement of cells along gradients of chemoattractants, is
among the best-characterized subjects in molecular biology,,,,,,,,–, but much less is known …

Subclonal reconstruction of tumors by using machine learning and population genetics

G Caravagna, T Heide, MJ Williams, L Zapata… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Most cancer genomic data are generated from bulk samples composed of mixtures of cancer
subpopulations, as well as normal cells. Subclonal reconstruction methods based on …

Computational approaches to modelling and optimizing cancer treatment

TO McDonald, YC Cheng, C Graser, PB Nicol… - Nature Reviews …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Computational models can be applied to optimize treatment schedules and model treatment
responses in cancer therapy. In this Review, we provide an overview of such computational …

Exploiting evolutionary steering to induce collateral drug sensitivity in cancer

A Acar, D Nichol, J Fernandez-Mateos… - Nature …, 2020‏ - nature.com
Drug resistance mediated by clonal evolution is arguably the biggest problem in cancer
therapy today. However, evolving resistance to one drug may come at a cost of decreased …

Chromosomal copy number heterogeneity predicts survival rates across cancers

E van Dijk, T Van Den Bosch, KJ Lenos… - Nature …, 2021‏ - nature.com
Survival rates of cancer patients vary widely within and between malignancies. While
genetic aberrations are at the root of all cancers, individual genomic features cannot explain …

A theoretical analysis of tumour containment

Y Viossat, R Noble - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2021‏ - nature.com
Recent studies have shown that a strategy aiming for containment, not elimination, can
control tumour burden more effectively in vitro, in mouse models and in the clinic. These …