Physiomics
Radio Cherwell of the Oxfords Hospitals' Broadcasting Association (OHBA).Features an interview with Dr Adam Hardy on anti-cancer drug development and chronotherapy.
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Compiled and edited by Erik Mosekilde and Peter A Tass
Published October 2008
The development of a coherent description of the complex phenomena we can observe in the living world represents a fantastic challenge not only to the biological and medical sciences, but also to physics, mathematics, and computational science.
With its eleven different contributions from leading research groups in systems biology and biological physics, this issue of Philosophical Transactions A illustrates how modelling and simulation can provide essential new understanding of biological processes at the molecular as well as the cellular and the physiological levels.
Among the experimental techniques that the issue presents are new probes to investigate receptor-operated functions of ion channels, a new interference microscope for non-invasive studies of intracellular processes, and an approach to follow the initial steps in blood coagulation.
The issue also demonstrates how mathematical modelling and complex systems theory can contribute towards a more effective treatment of patients with cancer or with different forms of tremor.
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Radio Suisse Romande 1ère
On s’est rendu compte qu’il existe en chacun de nous une "horloge biologique ou cellulaire" qui ne correspond pas toujours au rythme journalier matin, midi et soir. Et ça marche ! Le traitement des cancers est aujourd’hui beaucoup plus efficace et surtout moins toxique depuis que l’on a changé le moment des prises de médicament. Les explications de Francis Lévi, docteur à l'hôpital Paul Brousse à Villejuif et chercheur à l'Université Paris-XI.