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Trachette Jackson Fights Cancer With Math

Trachette Jackson Fights Cancer With Math

Update: 2021-04-12
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The term "mathematical biology" might have been considered an oxymoron more than a few decades ago: How could mathematics enrich the largely descriptive disciplines of biology? But Trachette Jackson of the University of Michigan has become a pioneer in this area, bringing deep mathematical insights to cancer therapeutics. In this episode, Jackson tells host Steve Strogatz how a tumor resembles a box of pencils, and how she came to appreciate the usefulness of mathematics for piercing biological mysteries. Read more at https://www.quantamagazine.org/trachette-jackson-fights-cancer-with-math-20210412/. Production and original music by Story Mechanics.
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Trachette Jackson Fights Cancer With Math

Trachette Jackson Fights Cancer With Math

Steven Strogatz and Quanta Magazine